List of photographs considered the most important

Image Title Date Photographer Location Format Notes Cited survey(s) Abraham Lincoln 27 February 1860 Mathew Brady New York City, United States Gelatin silver print Taken shortly before Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech. Widely used in his campaign during the 1860 presidential election, both Brady's photo and the speech helped him become president.^{[24] [s 2][s 3][s 5]} Guardian Angel, One Person Praying c. 1860 Unknown London, England, United Kingdom Albumen print ^{[s 2]} Boston, As the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It 13 October 1860 James Walice Black Boston, Massachusetts, United States Glass plate ^{[s 2]} Cathedral Rock 1861 Carleton Watkins Yosemite National Park, California, United States Albumen print ^{[s 3]} The Dead of Antietam^[h] 1862 Alexander Gardner Antietam, Maryland, United States Large-format glass plate Showing the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam—the deadliest single day in the American Civil War ^{[s 3][s 4]} The Scourged Back c. 2 April 1863 McPherson & Oliver Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States Albumen print One of the most widely distributed photos of the abolitionist movement. ^{[s 4]} Cartes de Visite May - August 1863 Andre Adolphe Disderi Paris, France Albumen print ^{[s 2]} The Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg July 1863 Alexander Gardner Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States Large-format glass plate ^{[s 2]} Sarah Bernhardt 1864 Nadar Paris, France Glass plate ^{[s 2]} Wanted Poster 20 April 1865 Unknown United States Unknown Broadside advertising reward for capture of Lincoln assassination conspirators, illustrated with photographic prints of John H. Surratt, John Wilkes Booth, and David E. Herold. ^{[s 2]} Execution of the Lincoln Conspirators at Washington Arsenal 7 July 1865 Alexander Gardner Washington, D.C., United States Albumen print ^{[s 1]} Portrait of Sir John Herschel 1867 Julia Margaret Cameron Hawkhurst, England, United Kingdom Carbon print Herschel would later be the godfather to Cameron's firstborn.^{[25] [s 1]} Call, I Follow, I Follow, Let Me Die! 1867 Julia Margaret Cameron Hawkhurst, England, United Kingdom Carbon print ^{[s 2]} Close No. 193 High Street 1868 Thomas Annan Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom Photogravure ^{[s 2]} East and West Shaking Hands at Laying Last Rail 10 May 1869 Andrew J. Russell Promontory, Utah, United States Glass plate The ceremony for the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869; completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad. Central Pacific Railroad (left), meets Union Pacific Railroad (right) and exchange bottles of water from the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. ^{[s 2][s 4]}

Image Title Date Photographer Location Format Notes Cited survey(s) A Sea of Steps 1903 Frederick H. Evans Wells Cathedral, England, United Kingdom Large Format One of Evans's finest works in architectural photography. ^{[s 1]} First Flight 17 December 1903 John T. Daniels Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, United States Glass plate Captured flight of the first airplane, the Wright Flyer, flown by inventors Orville and Wilbur Wright. ^{[s 2][s 4]} The Vanishing Race–Navaho 1904 Edward S. Curtis Arizona, United States^[29] Photogravure Taken during the cultural assimilation of Native Americans while also popularizing the Vanishing Indian stereotype. ^{[s 1][s 3]} The Flatiron 1904 Edward Steichen New York City, United States Blue-green pigment gum bichromate over platinum print ^{[s 2]} The Pond—Moonlight 1904 Edward Steichen Mamaroneck, New York, United States Multiple gum bichromate print over platinum Pictorialist hand-colored photograph; only three versions exist. In 2006, a print became the most expensive photo sold.^{[30][31] [s 3]} An Oasis in the Badlands 1905 Edward S. Curtis South Dakota, United States Glass plate ^{[s 2]} Bichonnade in Flight 1905 Jacques Henri Lartigue Paris, France Gelatin silver print ^{[s 2]} San Francisco Earthquake 18 April 1906 Arnold Genthe San Francisco, California, United States Unknown (likely gelatin silver print) ^{[s 2]} The Steerage 1907 Alfred Stieglitz Aboard the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II, possibly anchored at Plymouth, England, United Kingdom^[32] Glass plate Landmark modernist photo depicting immigrants on the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II.^{[33] [s 1][s 3]} Child Laborer in Newberry, South Carolina Cotton Mill^[i] 1908 Lewis Hine Newberry, South Carolina, United States Glass plate Part of a series by the National Child Labor Committee to have child labor laws passed. ^{[s 3]} The North Pole 6 April 1909 Robert E. Perry Arctic Ocean ^{[s 2]} Cactus Hot Air Balloon 1909 Léon Gimpel Paris, France Autochrome ^{[s 2][s 4]}

Image Title Date Photographer Location Format Notes Cited survey(s) Breaker Boys 1911 Lewis Hine Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States Unknown (likely gelatin silver print) Part of a series by the National Child Labor Committee to have child labor laws passed. ^{[s 2][s 4]} Triangle Shirtwaist Fire 25 March 1911 Brown Brothers New York City, United States ^{[s 2][s 4]} The South Pole 14 December 1911 Bjorn Finstad Antarctica ^{[s 2]} Girl with a Mirror 1912^[35] Clarence H. White New York City, United States Platinum print ^{[s 1]} Storyville Portrait 1912 E.J. Bellocq New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ^{[s 1]} Une Delage au Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France de 1912 1912 Jacques-Henri Lartigue Dieppe, France Large Format This photo depicts René Croquet [fr], with his riding mechanic.^{[j][36][37][38][39] [s 1]} Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 15 January 1913 Baron Adolphe de Meyer New York City, United States ^{[s 2]} Trampled by the Kings Horse 4 June 1913 Arthur Barrett United Kingdom Emily Davison is struck by King George's horse, Anmer, and knocked unconscious. She died four days later from a fractured skull. ^{[s 2]} Abstraction, Porch Shadows^[k] 1916^[l] Paul Strand Salisbury, Connecticut, United States Silver-platinum print ^{[s 1]} Passport of Isadora Duncan 1916 Copied by Brad Trent United States ^{[s 2]} Blind Woman, New York 1916 Paul Strand New York City, United States Large format camera with trick lens and right-angle mirror ^{[s 3]} Cottingley Fairies 1917 Elsie Wright Cottingley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Glass plate ^{[s 2]} German Trenches Near Reims 1918 Julien Bryan Reims, France ^{[s 2]}

Title Date Photographer Location Format Notes Cited survey(s) The Hague 3 January 1930 Erich Salomon The Hague, the Netherlands ^{[s 3]} Al Capone Mug Shot 8 May 1930 Miami Police Department^[40] Miami, United States ^{[s 4]} Pepper No. 30 2 August 1930 Edward Weston Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States 8x10 large format view camera With carefully crafted tones of light, this photo of a pepper emphasizes third-dimensional depth while defying conventional interpretations of form. ^{[s 4]} Lynching 7 August 1930 Lawrence Beitier Marion, Indiana, United States ^{[s 2]} See article Larmes 1930 Man Ray Paris, France Gelatin silver print The photograph is an extreme close-up of a woman's upturned face with glass droplets placed on her cheeks to imitate tears. ^{[s 1][s 4]} Sleeping Woman 1930 Man Ray Paris, France ^{[s 2]} See article Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare 1932 Henri Cartier-Bresson Paris, France 35 mm ^{[s 1][s 2][s 3]} Brussels 1932 Henri Cartier-Bresson Brussels, Belgium ^{[s 1]} Couple in Raccoon Coats 1932 James Van Der Zee New York City, United States Unknown ^{[s 3]} Io + gatto (I + Cat) 1932 Wanda Wulz Trieste, Italy Gelatin silver print ^{[s 1]} Lunch atop a Skyscraper 20 September 1932 Photographer cannot be attributed with certainty – see article New York City, United States ^{[s 3]} Bonnie and Clyde 1933 W. D. Jones United States ^{[s 2]} Girl with a Leica 1934 Alexander Rodchenko Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia ^{[s 1]} Hitler at a Nazi Party Rally 1934 Heinrich Hoffmann Bückeburg, Germany ^{[s 2][s 3]} Surgeon's Photograph 1934 Ian Wetherell Loch Ness, Scotland, United Kingdom ^{[s 2][s 3]} First AP Wirephoto 1 January 1935 Thomas Sande Adirondack Mountains, New York, United States ^{[s 2]} Lady Milbanke as 'Queen of the Amazons' 1935 Yevonde Middleton London, England ^{[s 1]} Migrant Mother 6 March 1936 Dorothea Lange Nipomo, California, United States Large format The photograph depicts Florence Owens Thompson, a destitute mother during the Great Depression.^{[41] [s 1][s 2][s 3][s 4][s 5][s 6]} Jesse Owens Salute August 1936 Heinrich Hoffmann Berlin, Germany Gelatin silver print ^{[s 2]} See article The Falling Soldier 1936 Robert Capa Espejo, Spain 35 mm The photograph depicts the death of Republican soldier Federico Borrell García in the Spanish Civil War.^{[42] [s 1][s 2][s 3][s 4][s 6]} Fort Peck Dam 1936 Margaret Bourke-White Fort Peck, Montana, United States ^{[s 3][s 4]} Goldfish Bowl 1937 Herbert List Santorini, Greece ^{[s 1]} The Louisville Flood 1937 Margaret Bourke-White Louisville, Kentucky, United States Large format ^{[s 4]} The Lambeth Walk 1937 Bill Brandt London, United Kingdom ^{[s 1]} The Hindenburg Disaster 6 May 1937 Sam Shere Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States Unknown The photograph depicts the Hindenburg Zeppelin on fire at the mooring mast of Lakehurst.^{[43] [s 3][s 6]} Bloody Saturday 28 August 1937 H. S. Wong Shanghai, China 35 mm The photograph depicts a baby in bombed-out ruins in Shanghai.^{[44] [s 2][s 3]} See article Juvisy, France 1938 Henri Cartier‐Bresson Juvisy-sur-Orge, France Gelatin silver print ^{[s 1]} Louis Knocks Out Schmeling 1938 Unknown Bronx, New York, United States ^{[s 2]} Mainbocher Corset 1939 Horst P. Horst Paris, France Large format ^{[s 1]} Aerial View of Manhattan 1939 Margaret Bourke-White New York City, United States ^{[s 4]} Mulberry Street 1939 Weegee New York City, United States ^{[s 4]} Anne Frank May 1939 Polyfoto Amsterdam, Netherlands ^{[s 2]}

Image Title Date Photographer Location Format Notes Cited survey(s) Aryan Race Determination Tests 1940 Henry Guttman Germany ^{[s 2]} See article St Paul's Survives July 1940 Herbert Mason London, England, United Kingdom 35 mm ^{[s 2]} Buckingham Palace 13 September 1940 Cecil Beaton London, England, United Kingdom ^{[s 2]} Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico 1 November 1941 Ansel Adams Hernandez, New Mexico, United States Gelatin silver print, large format ^{[s 1]} The Roaring Lion 30 December 1941 Yousuf Karsh Ottawa, Canada Large format Winston Churchill ^{[s 3][s 6]} Grief 1942 Dmitri Baltermants Kerch, Ukraine 35 mm ^{[s 3]} The Tetons and the Snake River 1942 Ansel Adams Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States ^{[s 4]} American Gothic August 1942 Gordon Parks Washington, D.C., United States 35 mm ^{[s 1][s 3][s 4]} Betty Grable 1943 Frank Powolny Los Angeles, California, United States ^{[s 2][s 3][s 4]} The Critic 1943 Weegee New York City, United States Unknown ^{[s 1][s 3]} Warsaw Ghetto boy 1943 Unknown Warsaw, Poland 35 mm Originally titled Mit Gewalt aus Bunkern hervorgeholt ('Forcibly pulled out of bunkers') ^{[s 3]} Three American Soldiers Ambushed on Buna Beach 20 September 1943 George Strock Buna, Papua New Guinea Unknown (likely medium format) ^{[s 1][s 2][s 4]} Into the Jaws of Death 6 June 1944 Robert F. Sargent Omaha Beach, France ^{[s 3][s 4]} The Magnificent Eleven (collection of 11 photographs) 6 June 1944 Robert Capa Normandy, France 35 mm ^{[s 2][s 3][s 4]} Prisoners' Hand Marks 1944 Roger Schall Paris, France ^{[s 2]} Saipan 1944 W. Eugene Smith Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands ^{[s 2]} Tide Pool, Point Lobos 1945^[45] Edward Weston Point Lobos, California, United States ^{[s 1]} Return to the Philippines 9 January 1945 Carl Mydans Lingayen Gulf, Philippines ^{[s 2][s 4]} Yalta Conference February 1945 U.S. Army Signal Corps Yalta, Crimea ^{[s 2]} Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima 23 February 1945 Joe Rosenthal Iwo Jima, Japan Large format The photograph depicts the raising of the U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima.^{[46] [s 1][s 2][s 3][s 4][s 6]} Buchenwald 15 April 1945 Margaret Bourke-White Ettersberg, Germany ^{[s 2]} Inside Buchenwald 16 April 1945 Private H. Miller Ettersberg, Germany ^{[s 4]} See article Gestapo Informer Recognized by a Woman She Had Denounced April 1945 Henri Cartier‐Bresson Dessau, Germany 35 mm ^{[s 2]} Benito Mussolini 29 April 1945 Vincenzo Carrese Milan, Italy The dead body of Benito Mussolini next to his mistress Claretta Petacci and those of other executed fascists, on display in Piazzale Loreto, the same place that the fascists had displayed the bodies of fifteen Milanese civilians a year earlier after executing them in retaliation for resistance activity. ^{[s 2]} Raising a Flag over the Reichstag 2 May 1945 Yevgeny Khaldei Berlin, Germany 35 mm The photograph depicts the raising of the Soviet flag during Battle of Berlin.^{[47] [s 3]} Atomic Cloud Rises Over Nagasaki 9 August 1945 Charles Levy Nagasaki, Japan Unknown ^{[s 2][s 3][s 5]} V-J Day in Times Square 14 August 1945 Alfred Eisenstaedt (pictured: same event taken by Victor Jorgensen) New York City, United States 35 mm The photograph depicts a U.S. Navy sailor embracing and kissing a total stranger on Victory over Japan Day.^{[48] [s 3][s 4][s 6]} Hiroshima, Three Weeks After the Bomb 1945 George Silk Hiroshima, Japan ^{[s 2]} Atomic Destruction 1945 Bernard Hoffman Hiroshima, Japan The photograph was in the first collection depicting the aftermath of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima. ^{[s 4]} Gandhi at his Spinning Wheel 1946 Margaret Bourke-White India The photograph depicts Mahatma Gandhi reading beside his spinning wheel.^{[49] [s 3][s 4]} The Dead Sea Scrolls 1947 Amit Shabi Israel The photograph depicts the Dead Sea Scrolls, the most important collection of Biblical manuscripts.^{[50] [s 2][s 4]} Route 66 1947 Andreas Feininger Route 66 in Arizona, United States ^{[s 4]} Barn Owl with Vole 1947 Eric Hosking Suffolk, England, United Kingdom ^{[s 1]} Babe Ruth Bows Out 13 June 1948 Nat Fein New York City, United States ^{[s 3]} Dalí Atomicus 1948 Philippe Halsman New York City, United States Unknown ^{[s 1][s 3][s 4]} Juris Upatnieks Demonstrating the Hologram 1948 Fritz Goro Michigan, United States ^{[s 2]} Country Doctor 1948 W. Eugene Smith Kremmling, Colorado, United States ^{[s 3][s 4]} Career Girl 1948 Leonard McCombe New York City, United States ^{[s 4]} Provençal Nude 1949 Willy Ronis Gordes, France ^{[s 1]} Nuns Watching Television 1949 Ralph Morse Erie, Pennsylvania, United States ^{[s 4]} Clarence Hailey Long 1949 Leonard McCombe Texas, United States ^{[s 2][s 4]}

Image Title Date Photographer Location Format Notes Cited survey(s) The Kiss at the Hôtel de Ville (French: Les Amants de l'Hôtel de Ville) 1950 Robert Doisneau Paris, France 35 mm ^{[s 1]} Iron Lung Polio Patients 1950 Unknown Downey, California, United States ^{[s 2]} Albert Einstein 1951 Arthur Sasse New York City, United States 35 mm ^{[s 6]} Photo 51 May 1952 Raymond Gosling and Rosalind Franklin London, England The photograph depicts an X-ray diffraction image providing key to DNA structure.^{[51] [s 2][s 4][s 5]} Moving to the Suburbs 1952 J.R. Eyerman Lakewood, California, United States ^{[s 4]} The Announcement of Stalin's Death 6 March 1953 Dmitri Baltermants Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia ^{[s 1]} Camelot 1953 Hy Peskin Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States ^{[s 3][s 4]} Everest 23 May 1953 Sir Edmund Hillary Mount Everest, Koshi Province, Nepal ^{[s 2]} Atop Mount Everest 23 May 1953 Alfred Gregory Mount Everest, Koshi Province, Nepal ^{[s 3][s 4]} Roger Bannister 6 May 1954 Norman Potter Oxford, England, United Kingdom 35 mm ^{[s 2]} Monroe 9 September 1954 Matty Zimmerman New York City, United States The photograph depicts Marilyn Monroe while her white dress blows upwards during a shot for a scene in the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch. ^{[s 6]} Jackie Robinson 1955 Ralph Morse Bronx, New York, United States ^{[s 2]} Emmett Till's mother at his funeral. 1955 David Jackson Chicago, Illinois, United States^{[52] [s 3][s 5]} Dovima with Elephants 1955 Richard Avedon Paris, France ^{[s 3][s 4]} Trolley – New Orleans 1955 Robert Frank New Orleans, Louisiana, United States 35 mm ^{[s 3]} Hot Shot Eastbound at Iaeger Drive‐In 1956 O. Winston Link Iaeger, West Virginia, United States Large format ^{[s 1]} The New King 1956 Charles Trainor Miami, Florida, United States ^{[s 4]} Milk Drop Coronet 1957 Harold E. Edgerton Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States 35 mm Two drops of milk imaged by fast-film stroboscopic photography ^{[s 2][s 3][s 4]} First Digital Photo 1957 Russell Kirsch Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States Photo composite of two binary scans ^{[s 2][s 4]} Elizabeth Eckford 1957 Will Counts Little Rock, Arkansas, United States Eckford as one of the Little Rock Nine who faced opposition while attending a formerly segregated high school. ^{[s 2][s 4][s 7]} Aspens, Northern New Mexico 1958 Ansel Adams New Mexico, United States Gelatin silver print ^{[s 1]} The Integrated Circuit 1959 Robert Noyce United States ^{[s 2]} First Satellite Image 14 August 1959 Explorer VI 17000 miles above Mexico ^{[s 2]}

Image Title Date Photographer Location Format Notes Cited survey(s) Guerrillero Heroico 5 March 1960 Alberto Korda Havana, Cuba 35 mm The photograph depicts Che Guevara at a funeral for the victims of the La Coubre explosion. The portrait is commonly displayed as a symbol of student protest and revolutionary movements, and has appeared on clothing and other merchandise.^{[53][54][55] [s 1][s 2][s 3][s 4][s 6]} Massacre at Sharpeville 21 March 1960 Ian Berry Sharpeville, South Africa ^{[s 2]} Case Study House no. 22, Los Angeles 1960 Julius Shulman Los Angeles, California, United States Large format ^{[s 3][s 4]} Nixon Vs Kennedy TV Debate 26 September 1960 Paul Schutzer Chicago, Illinois, United States 35 mm ^{[s 2]} American Spy Pilot Francis Gary Powers 16 November 1960 Carl Mydans Moscow, Russia ^{[s 2]} Flavio da Silva 1961 Gordon Parks Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ^{[s 2]} Leap into Freedom 15 August 1961 Peter Leibing Berlin, Germany 35 mm The photograph depicts Hans Conrad Schumann, an East German soldier running away over barbed-wire in Berlin.^{[56] [s 3]} Thalidomide 1962 Stan Wayman ^{[where?] [s 2]} Cuban Missile Crisis 25 October 1962 Neal Boenzi New York City, United States Adlai Stevenson II shows aerial photos of Russian missiles in Cuba to the United Nations Security Council in the presence of USSR ambassador Valerian Zorin. ^{[s 2]} Birmingham, Alabama 3 May 1963 Charles Moore Birmingham, Alabama, United States Nonviolent civil rights movement student activists sprayed by high-pressure fire hoses during the Birmingham campaign's Children's Crusade. ^{[s 2][s 3][s 4]} Woolworth Sit-In 28, May, 1963 Fred Blackwell Jackson, Mississippi, United States ^{[s 2]} Nuit de Noël (Happy Club) 1963 Malick Sidibé Bamako, Mali ^{[s 3]} The Burning Monk 11 June 1963 Malcolm Browne Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 35 mm The photograph depicts the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức protesting the persecution of Buddhists under the government of Ngo Dinh Diem by committing self-immolation. ^{[s 3][s 4][s 7]} I Have a Dream 28 August 1963 Agence France-Presse Washington, D.C., United States 35 mm The photograph depicts Martin Luther King Jr. waving to supporters during the March on Washington, where he gave his "I Have a Dream" speech, considered the most famous American oration of the twentieth century.^{[57] [s 4]} Zapruder film 22 November 1963 Abraham Zapruder Dallas, Texas, United States 35 mm internegative The film depicts the most complete view of the assassination of US president John F. Kennedy.^{[58] [s 2][s 3][s 4]} Johnson Is Sworn In 22 November 1963 Cecil W. Stoughton Dallas, Texas, United States Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office aboard Air Force One at Love Field Airport two hours and eight minutes after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Dallas, Texas. Jackie Kennedy (right), still in her blood-soaked clothes, looks on. ^{[s 2]} Jack Ruby Shoots Lee Harvey Oswald 24 November 1963 Robert H. Jackson Dallas, Texas, United States 35 mm The photograph depicts the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby while Oswald was being escorted by police two days after he had assassinated US president John F. Kennedy.^{[59] [s 4][s 6]} The Beatles Arrive 1964 Harry Benson New York City, United States ^{[s 2]} Pillow Fight 1964 Harry Benson Paris, France ^{[s 3][s 4]} Selma March 7 March 1965 James H. Karales Alabama, United States ^{[s 2]} New View of Life, Fetus 18 Weeks 1965 Lennart Nilsson Stockholm, Sweden^[60] Unknown ^{[s 2][s 3][s 4]} Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston 1965 Neil Leifer Lewiston, Maine, United States Medium format ^{[s 3][s 4][s 7]} Jane Goodall Greets Baby Chimp 1965 Hugo van Lawick Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania ^{[s 7]} Chairman Mao Swims in the Yangtze 1966 Hou Bo Wuhan, Hubei, China^{[61] [s 1][s 2][s 3]} Reaching Out 5 October 1966 Larry Burrows Mutter's Ridge, Vietnam 35 mm ^{[s 2][s 4]} The Mini Moment 3 December 1966 Popperfoto ^{[where?] [s 4]} The Boston Marathon 19 May 1967 Harry Trask Boston, Massachusetts, United States Runner Kathrine Switzer attacked by race official Jock Semple while running in the 1967 Boston Marathon. ^{[s 2]} The Jimi Hendrix Experience 18 June 1967 Jim Marshall Monterey, California, United States ^{[s 4]} Twiggy 1 March 1967 Bernard Gotfryd London, England, United Kingdom ^{[s 2]} Unidentified Flying Object 1967 Ralph Ditter Zanesville, Ohio, United States ^{[s 2]} Patterson-Gimlin Film 20 October 1967 Roger Patterson Pacific Northwest, United States 16 mm ^{[s 2]} See article Flower Power 21 October 1967 Bernie Boston Washington, D.C., United States 35 mm ^{[s 2][s 4]} Saigon Execution 1 February 1968 Eddie Adams Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Unknown ^{[s 1][s 2][s 3][s 4][s 6][s 5][s 7]} Massacre of Villagers in My Lai 16 March 1968 Ronald L. Haeberle Sơn Mỹ, Vietnam ^{[s 1]} My Lai 16 March 1968 Ronald L. Haeberle Sơn Mỹ, Vietnam 35 mm A group of civilian women and children before being killed by the U.S. Army. ^{[s 2]} Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. 4 April 1968 Joseph Louw Memphis, Tennessee, United States ^{[s 4][s 7]} See article Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy 5 June 1968 Bill Eppridge Los Angeles, California, United States 35 mm ^{[s 4][s 7]} Chicago Democratic Convention Protest August 1968 Perry C. Riddle United States ^{[s 2]} Invasion of Prague August 1968 Josef Koudelka Prague, Czechia ^{[s 3]} Bratislava Tank Man August 1968 Ladislav Bielik Bratislava, Slovakia ^{[s 2]} 1968 Olympics Black Power Salute 16 October 1968 John Dominis Mexico City, Mexico ^{[s 2][s 3][s 4][s 6][s 7]} Earthrise 24 December 1968 William Anders The Moon Medium format The photograph depicts the Earth and Moon's surface from Apollo 8.^{[62] [s 2][s 3][s 4][s 5]} Albino Boy, Biafra 1969 Don McCullin Biafra, West Africa ^{[s 2][s 3]} Canadian Seal Hunt 1969 Duncan Cameron Northumberland Strait, Canada ^{[s 2]} One Weeks Dead 28 May - 3 June 1969 Life Magazine Various ^{[s 2]} Aerial View of Woodstock Festival August 1969 Burk Uzzle Bethel, New York, United States ^{[s 2]} Woodstock August 1969 Bill Eppridge Bethel, New York, United States ^{[s 4]} Buzz Aldrin on the Moon 21 July 1969 Neil Armstrong Sea of Tranquility, the Moon 70 mm lunar surface camera Buzz Aldrin during Apollo 11, the first crewed Moon landing ^{[s 1][s 2][s 3][s 4]} Apollo 11 Bootprint 21 July 1969 Buzz Aldrin Sea of Tranquility, the Moon 70 mm lunar surface camera ^{[s 1][s 3][s 4]} See article Altamont 6 December 1969 Unknown Altamont Speedway, California, United States ^{[s 2][s 4]}

Image Title Date Photographer Location Format Notes Cited survey(s) See article (cropped) Kent State Shootings 4 May 1970 John Paul Filo Kent, Ohio, United States Unknown ^{[s 2][s 3][s 4][s 5][s 6]} Elvis Meets Nixon 21 December 1970 Oliver F. Atkins Washington, D.C., United States ^{[s 4]} See article Tomoko and Mother in the Bath 1971 W. Eugene Smith Kyūshū, Japan ^{[s 2]} Windblown Jackie 1971 Ron Galella New York City, United States ^{[s 3][s 4]} President Richard Nixon and Mao Zedong 21 February 1972 Unknown Beijing, China ^{[s 2]} Nixon in China 26 February 1972 Oliver F. Atkins Beijing, China ^{[s 4]} The Terror of War 8 June 1972 Disputed: either Nick Ut, Nguyễn Thành Nghệ, or Huỳnh Công Phúc Trảng Bàng, Vietnam 35 mm The photograph depicts a crowd of Vietnamese people running from napalm, among them a girl (later identified as Phan Thi Kim Phuc) who survived by tearing off her burning clothes.^{[63] [s 1][s 2][s 3][s 5][s 6][s 7]} Munich Massacre 5 September 1972 Kurt Strumpf Munich, Germany 35 mm ^{[s 2][s 3][s 4]} Bullet Passing through a Candle Flame 1973 Doc Edgerton United States ^{[s 1]} Allende's Last Stand 11 September 1973 Orlando Lagos Chile 35 mm ^{[s 3]} Patty Hearst Surveillance 15 April 1974 Hibernia Bank Surveillance Camera San Francisco, California, United States Surveillance camera still Patty Hearst, during the April 1974 Hibernia bank robbery. ^{[s 2]} Nixon Resignation 9 August 1974 Rolls Press Washington, D.C., United States ^{[s 7]} Water‐Towers 1974–2009 Bernd and Hilla Becher Various locations across Europe and the United States^[64] Large format ^{[s 1]} Prime Minister Gough Whitlam Pours Soil into the Hand of Traditional Gurindji Landowner Vincent Lingiari 1975 Mervyn Bishop Daguragu, Northern Territory, Australia ^{[s 1]} Helicopter Evacuation of the US Embassy, Saigon April 1975 Thai Khac Chuong Nha Trang, Vietnam 35 mm ^{[s 2]} See article Fire Escape Collapse 22 July 1975 Stanley Forman Boston, Massachusetts, United States ^{[s 3]} Soweto Uprising 16 June 1976 Sam Nzima Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa 35 mm ^{[s 2][s 3]} The Red Planet 21 July 1976 Viking 1 Chryse Planitia, Mars^{[65] [s 2][s 4]} Boat of No Smiles 1977 Eddie Adams Gulf of Siam ^{[s 3]} Untitled Film Stills 1977–1980 Cindy Sherman New York City, United States^[66] Unknown ^{[s 3][s 5]} Cambodia 1979 Jay Ullal Cambodia ^{[s 2]} Brian Ridley and Lyle Heeter 1979 Robert Mapplethorpe New York City, United States^{[67] [s 3]} Peace Treaty 26 March 1979 Yaakov Saar Washington, D.C., United States The triple handshake in the peace treaty signing between Israel and Egypt on the White House lawn ^{[s 2]} See article Molotov Man 16 July 1979^[68] Susan Meiselas Estelí, Nicaragua^{[69] [s 3]} Firing Squad in Iran 27 August 1979 Jahangir Razmi Kurdistan province, Iran^{[70] [s 3]}

Image Title Date Photographer Location Format Notes Cited survey(s) John Lennon and Yoko Ono 1980 Annie Leibowitz New York City, United States Lennon was murdered hours after the photograph was taken by Leibovitz ^{[s 1]} Miracle on Ice 1980 Heinz Kluetmeier Lake Placid, New York, United States ^{[s 2][s 7]} Starving Boy and Missionary 1980 Mike Wells Uganda ^{[s 2]} Self‐Portrait with Wife and Model 1981 Helmut Newton Paris, France ^{[s 1]} Diana with Bridesmaids in Buckingham Palace 1981 Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield London, England ^{[s 4]} Behind Closed Doors 1982 Donna Ferrato Saddle River, New Jersey, United States ^{[s 3]} Androgyny (6 Men + 6 Women) 1982 Nancy Burson Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States^{[citation needed] [s 3]} Ken Moody and Robert Sherman 1984 Robert Mapplethorpe New York City, United States ^{[s 2]} Milk Carton 1984 Robert Frieder Detroit, Michigan, United States ^{[s 2]} Michael Jordan 1984 Co Rentmeester Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States ^{[s 3]} Hole in the Ozone 3 October 1985 NASA Greenbelt, Maryland, United States ^{[s 2][s 4]} Challenger Disaster 28 January 1986 Michele McDonald Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States ^{[s 2]} Ken Meeks, Patient with AIDS, Being Cared for by a Friend, San Francisco, California 1986 Alon Reininger San Francisco, California, United States ^{[s 7]} The First Heart Transplant in Poland 1 January 1987 James L. Stanfield Zabrze, Poland ^{[s 7]} See article Immersion (Piss Christ) 1987 Andres Serrano United States Medium format ^{[s 1][s 3]} Monkey Business 1987 National Enquirer Bimini, the Bahamas^{[71] [s 2][s 4]} See article Willie Horton 1987 Unknown Maryland, United States ^{[s 2]} Dukakis and the Tank 1988 Michael E. Samojeden Detroit, Michigan, United States The infamous photo of Michael Dukakis taken as part of his presidential campaign. ^{[s 2]} Air Jordan 1988 Walter Iooss Chicago, Illinois, United States Medium format ^{[s 4]} Untitled (Cowboy) 1989 Richard Prince United States Composite ^{[s 3]} Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 24 March 1989 John S. Lough Alaska, United States ^{[s 2]} See article Tank Man 5 June 1989 Jeff Widener Beijing, China The photograph depicts an unidentified protestor confronting column of Chinese military tanks. ^{[s 2][s 3][s 4][s 6][s 7]} The Wall Falls November 1989 Robert Maass Berlin, Germany ^{[s 4]} Nicolae Ceausescu December 1989 Christopher Pillitz Romania ^{[s 2]}

Image Title Date Photographer Location Format Notes Cited survey(s) See article The Face of AIDS 1990 Therese Frare Columbus, Ohio, United States ^{[s 2][s 3][s 4]} Operation Desert Storm 27 February 1991 David Turnley Iraq 35 mm ^{[s 7]} Camels in the Oil Fields 1 March 1991 Steve McCurry Burgan field, Kuwait^{[72] [s 7]} See article L.A. Police Beating Rodney King 3 March 1991 George Holiday Los Angeles, California, United States ^{[s 2]} See article More Demi Moore 1991 Annie Leibovitz Culver City, California, United States^{[73] [s 3]} Famine in Somalia 1992 James Nachtwey Baidoa, Somalia^{[74] [s 3]} See article Dead Troops Talk 1992 Jeff Wall Muqur District, Ghazni, Afghanistan Large format lightbox transparency ^{[s 1]} Bosnia 2 April 1992 Ron Haviv Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina 35 mm ^{[s 3]} See article The Vulture and the Little Girl March 1993 Kevin Carter Ayod, Sudan (now South Sudan) 35 mm ^{[s 3][s 6][s 7]} Beauty Out of Damage 1993 Matuschka United States Matuschka's controversial self portrait baring her mastectomy combined with her face. The photo covered the New York Times Sunday Magazine and helped spark debate about breast cancer around the US and the world ^{[s 2]} Rwandan Children 1994 Seamus Conlan and Tara Farrell Rwanda ^{[s 2]} Oklahoma City Bombing 19 April 1995 Charles Porter IV Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States ^{[s 2][s 6][s 7]} Giant Iceberg 1995 Dr. Hans Oerter Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica ^{[s 2]} Pillars of Creation 1995 Hubble Space Telescope / NASA Low Earth orbit Wide field and planetary camera The photograph depicts a region of star formation.^{[75] [s 3][s 4]} Bill Clinton hugs Monica Lewinsky 1996 Dirck Halstead Washington, D.C., United States 35 mm ^{[s 4][s 6]} First Cell-Phone Picture 11 June 1997 Philippe Kahn Santa Cruz, California, United States Cell phone ^{[s 2][s 3]} Chinese Baby 1997 Jeff Abelin Fuyang, Anhui, China ^{[s 2]} See article 99 Cent 1999 Andreas Gursky Los Angeles, California, United States chromogenic print face-mounted to acrylic ^{[s 3]} Kosovo Refugees 3 May 1999 Carol Guzy Kukës, Albania^{[76] [s 7]} World Cup Winners 1999 Robert Beck Pasadena, California, United States ^{[s 2][s 4]}

Image Title Date Photographer Location Format Notes Cited survey(s) Elian Gonzalez Federal Raid 2000 Alan Diaz Miami, Florida, United States ^{[s 6][s 7]} Surfing Hippos 2000 Michael Nichols Loango National Park, Gabon ^{[s 3]} The First Plane Hits the World Trade Center 11 September 2001 Jules Naudet New York City, United States A screenshot of the Jules Naudet footage that is included in the Naudet brothers' documentary film 9/11, originally broadcast on March 10, 2002, on CBS, and later released on DVD. ^{[s 2]} President George W. Bush Learns of the September 11th Attacks 11 September 2001 Doug Mills Sarasota, Florida, United States^{[77] [s 7]} See article The Falling Man 11 September 2001

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Richard Drew New York City, United States ^{[s 3][s 6][s 7]} New Yorkers watch the collapse of the South Tower of the World Trade Center 11 September 2001 Patrick Witty New York City, United States ^{[s 4][s 7]} Father Judge 11 September 2001 Shannon Stapleton New York City, United States ^{[s 7]} See article Raising the Flag at Ground Zero 11 September 2001 Thomas E. Franklin New York City, United States ^{[s 2][s 6][s 7]} Toppling the Statue of Saddam Hussein 9 April 2003 Goran Tomasevic Baghdad, Iraq 35 mm ^{[s 2]} The Pencil Nebula 5 June 2003 Hubble Space Telescope / NASA Low Earth orbit Wide field and planetary camera ^{[s 2]} The Hooded Man 4 November 2003 Ivan Frederick Abu Ghraib, Iraq The photograph depicts Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh, an Abu Ghraib prisoner, being subjected to torture.^{[78] [s 2][s 3][s 4][s 6]} Sakura Lisi 2004 Marcus Bleasdale Mongbwalu, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo ^{[s 7]} Coffin Ban 2004 Tami Silicio Kuwait International Airport, Farwaniya Governorate, Kuwait^{[79] [s 3]} Iraqi Girl 18 January 2005 Chris Hondros Tal Afar, Iraq ^{[s 3][s 7]} Hurricane Katrina Evacuation 3 September 2005 Eric Gay New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ^{[s 7]} Hurricane Katrina 4 September 2005 Robert Galbraith New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ^{[s 7]} Hurricane Katrina 2005 David Phillip New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ^{[s 4]} Jim Comes Home 2005 Todd Heisler Aurora, Colorado, United States^{[80] [s 7]} The Power of One 1 February 2006 Oded Bality Amona, West Bank 35 mm ^{[s 7]} Gorilla in the Congo July 2007 Brent Stirton Virunga National Park, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo^[81] 35 mm ^{[s 3]} Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery 27 May 2007 John Moore Arlington, Virginia, United States ^{[s 7]} Homecoming 2007 Louie Favorite Atlanta, Georgia, United States ^{[s 7]} Photo Finish 16 August 2008 Heinz Kluetmeier Beijing, China 35 mm ^{[s 4]} Married at Last 2008 Marcio Sanchez San Francisco, California, United States ^{[s 4]} The New First Family 2008 Win McNamee Chicago, Illinois, United States ^{[s 4]} Funeral of Edwin Cobbin 2009 Barbara Davidson Hawthorne, California, United States ^{[s 7]} See article Diego Frazão Torquato 2009 Marcos Tristao Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ^{[s 7]} Hair Like Mine 2009 Pete Souza Washington, D.C., United States ^{[s 7]} The Death of Neda 2009 Unknown Tehran, Iran ^{[s 3]}

Image Title Date Photographer Location Format Notes Cited survey(s) First Instagram Photo^[m] 16 July 2010 Kevin Systrom Mexico Cell phone Kevin Systrom (co-founder of Instagram), the BBC, Time, and Life magazine claim the photograph to be the first shared on Instagram,^[82][83] however The Economic Times and The Guardian claim the first photograph posted to the social media to be a picture of San Francisco's South Beach harbor by Mike Krieger, also co-founder.^[84][85] Time later claimed the post of the harbor was the first shared.^{[86] [s 4]} The Situation Room 1 May 2011 Pete Souza Washington, D.C., United States 35 mm Barack Obama and his national security team, in the White House Situation Room during the killing of Osama bin Laden ^{[s 3][s 4][s 6]} 9/11 Memorial 11 September 2011 Justin Lane New York City, United States ^{[s 7]} Aida 12 March 2012 Rodrigo Abd Idlib, Syria ^{[s 7]} Fashion Week 7 September 2012 Lucas Jackson New York City, United States ^{[s 7]} Shootings as Routine 14 December 2012 Jessica Hill Newtown, Connecticut, United States The photograph shows Carlee Soto using a phone to ask about her sister, Victoria Soto, a teacher at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, after gunman Adam Lanza opened fire on the school, killing 26. ^{[s 7]} Sandy Hook 14 December 2012 Shannon Hicks Newtown, Connecticut, United States ^{[s 4][s 6]} China Social Suicide 27 February 2013 Agence France-Presse Wuhan, Hubei, China ^{[s 7]} North Korea 2013 David Guttenfelder Pyongyang, North Korea ^{[s 3]} Boston Marathon Bombing 2013 John Tlumacki Boston, Massachusetts, United States ^{[s 6][s 7]} See article Final Embrace April 2013 Taslima Akhter Savar Upazila, Bangladesh ^{[s 7]} Nairobi Mall Attack 21 September 2013 Tyler Hicks Nairobi, Kenya ^{[s 7]} Oscars Selfie 2 March 2014 Bradley Cooper Los Angeles, California, United States Cell phone The photograph is a selfie taken at the 2014 Oscars. The image shows Ellen DeGeneres, Meryl Streep, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Channing Tatum, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Lupita Nyong'o, and her brother, Peter Nyong'o. ^{[s 3][s 4]} Turkey Mine Blast 13 May 2014 Bülent Kılıç Soma, Manisa Province, Turkey ^{[s 7]} See article Alan Kurdi 2 September 2015 Nilufer Demir Bodrum, Muğla Province, Turkey Unknown ^{[s 3][s 4][s 7]} Turkish Coast Guard Rescue 2016 Emin Menguarslan Aydın, Aydın Province, Turkey ^{[s 7]} Yarmouk Refugees 26 January 2017 UNRWA Damascus, Syria ^{[s 7]} Climate Change 2018 Sergio Pitamitz Svalbard, Norway The photograph depicts a polar bear standing on a melting ice sheet. ^{[s 4]}