6 interesting stories behind the most famous and important photos of the century, marking an entire era of humanity 2
The camera was invented in 1685 but it took a very long time to develop and be widely used.
Astronaut William Anders took a photo of the rising Earth greeting Apollo 8 from behind the Moon.
In the photo known as `Earthrise,` the Earth appears as a blue sphere rising amid giant white clouds, floating in dark space above the Moon’s cratered horizon.
The image of 11 men sitting on a beam high above New York City tells many stories.
And to take such a photo, the photographer also had to sit in a similar position, but information about the photographer and the circumstances of taking the famous photo are still unclear.
Considered a pioneer of modern neurology, Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne graduated from medical school in Paris in 1831. Duchenne sought out patients with neurological disorders, using electricity to diagnose and treat them.
In the mid-19th century, Duchenne conducted extensive research on facial muscles and documented his work in a series of photographs.
Duchenne’s work influenced the study of muscle diseases, especially muscular dystrophy and polio, and united the then-burgeoning fields of electricity, photography, and physiology into one
Famed photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt captured the image of a sailor kissing a woman dressed in white in the middle of New York City’s Times Square on August 14, 1945, when Japan announced its surrender to the Soviet Union.
In the years that followed, many people claimed that they were the two main characters in the photo.
In a famous press photo for nearly 100 years, Florence Owens Thompson, then 32 years old, looks into the distance with her young children.
The Great Depression destroyed the lives of people across America.
The photo was published by San Francisco News along with a story detailing the widespread hunger in the labor camps and the plight of people like Florence.
Taken on the afternoon of May 1, 2011, this image shows President Barack Obama and his national security team receiving an update on the top-secret Navy SEAL raid on his Pakistani compound.
White House photographer Pete Souza took the photo after Obama and his senior aides crammed into a small conference room in the West Wing’s Situation Room complex.
Source: Ranker, History
