15 Of The Most Powerful Photos Ever Taken

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SUBSCRIBE NOW: https://goo.gl/NktkX7 Facebook: http://ift.tt/1Q9aLg1 15. Wait for Me, Daddy 14. After a long operation 13. The Soviet Flag Over the Reichstag 12. The Flag Raising on Iwo Jima 11. Loyal to the End 10. Omaha Beach 9. Christians Protect Muslims in Cairo 8. The “Last Jew in Vinnitsa” 7. Buddhist Monk Sets Himself on Fire In 1963, Thich Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk, sat down in the middle of a busy Saigon intersection, had himself covered in gasoline and set himself on fire. The monk burned himself alive to protest the persecution Buddhists faced in South Vietnam under the leadership of Ngo Dinh Diem. The photograph was taken by journalist Malcolm Browne. Duc’s self-immolation attracted world-wide attention and Browne’s photos played a significant role in altering the world’s opinions toward Diem and his policies. 6. The Tank Man From April to June 1989, a student-led protest took to Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. What started out as a hunger strike aimed at political and economic reform gathered momentum and support across China. Afraid, the Chinese government opted to use force to end the protests. In the crackdown that followed, at a minimum, hundreds were killed and thousands wounded as soldiers and tanks moved against the protesters. Of all of the images to come from the encounter, Jeff Widener’s famous photo of the lone man blocking a column of tanks is the iconic image of Chinese resistance during the crackdown by government forces. 5. Flower Power The social upheaval and anti-war movement which swept through the United States in the 1960s created a lot of memorable images. Perhaps one of the most famous is Bernie Boston’s photograph of National Guardsmen confronting a group of protesters near the Pentagon. Confrontations like this weren’t new, but when a protester started putting carnations in the barrels of the guns, it led to a moment which has forever been linked with the anti-war movement. 4. The Earth as Seen from the Moon In December 1968, Apollo 8 became the first mission to leave the Earth’s orbit, orbit the moon and return to earth. Part of the program to put a man on the moon (done by Apollo 11) Apollo 8’s crew were also the first to witness Earthrise, the rising of the earth above the Moon’s horizon. On December 24th 1968, astronaut William Anders snapped a shot of the Earth rising above the Moon. The picture is fittingly called Earthrise. Small and floating in complete blackness, the picture became an instant hit and reinforced to many people how small our world actually is within the immensity of space. 3. The Gas Chamber During the Second World War, the Nazi regime established extermination camps to eliminate certain groups of people, such as the Jews. There have been many powerful and shocking photographs associated with the Holocaust. Perhaps one of the most disturbing is that of the interior walls of the gas chamber at Auschwitz. Photographs show scrape marks up the wall – created when those inside desperately clawed to get up the walls and away from the poison gas. 2. Missionary in Africa In 1980, photographer Mike Wells captured one of the most disturbing, yet powerful images. The photograph shows the hand of a starving Uganda boy holding the hand of a missionary. Wells admitted he was ashamed to take the picture, but the result was a message far more powerful than anything a politician or advocacy group could make. In total, one-in-five people died in the Ugandan famine but such publicity helped raise awareness throughout the 1980s and pressure governments around the world to try and do more to help. 1. The Running Vietnamese Girl The image of the little girl running down the road crying is one of the most recognizable images today. In June 1972, South Vietnamese planes dropped napalm on a village occupied by civilians. One of these civilians was 9-year-old Kim Phuc. She was photographed moments after the bombing, naked and running away from the burning village with other children while South Vietnamese soldiers looked on. Phuc’s clothing had caught on fire, burning her back and forcing her to strip down. AP photographer Nick Ut captured the moment which has become a symbol of the cruelty and brutality of the Vietnam War. Don't forget to click LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and COMMENT Below! SUBSCRIBE NOW: https://goo.gl/NktkX7 Contact: sxcelik@gmail.com Follow Me On ✓Facebook: http://ift.tt/1Q9aLg1 ✓Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sxmscelik ✓Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/sxmscelik ✓Google+: http://ift.tt/1RLMyK2 ✓Pinterest: http://ift.tt/1H3ysAC Music: incompetech.com Video Editing: Sony Vegas Pro 13