[Misc] A thread full of Iconic photos

Shuggie · Oct 24, 2024

Happy Exile · Oct 24, 2024

Not a single image but an iconic sequence. To win a bet in 1878 that at some point all four hooves of a running horse were off the ground Eadward Muybridge set up a line of big Victorian plate cameras and trip wires. He won the bet, advanced the idea of action photography no end, pretty much invented motion film projection and he had an epic beard too.

zefarelly · Oct 24, 2024

Happy Exile said:
Arguably one of Cartier-Bresson’s most famous photos. He popularised 35mm photography, defined the phrase and practice of capturing “the decisive moment” and probably founded the idea of street photography too. He would pretend to sneeze or raise a tissue to his face so no one would notice him raising the camera to his eye, focusing manually by instinct and taking the photo all in one seamless motion, and his framing was so good he’d print to the edge of the negative without cropping.

I bet that was taken on a Fridat

Newick Seagull · Oct 24, 2024

The Clamp · Oct 24, 2024

Weststander · Oct 24, 2024

Quebec Seagull said:
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What was that moment?

Harry Wilson's tackle · Oct 24, 2024

Brovion said:
As was I - to my shame.

As others have said this is a great thread. I had no idea Wembley was built in such a 'rural' location (#159). Although I do know it was built on the site of Britain's abortive attempt to build a rival to the Eiffel Tower.

And one small moan: I was disappointed to see that the iconic photo of Phan Ti Kim Puc (sp. the Vietnamese child burned by napalm) was blurred. That was rather the whole point of the picture: the screaming naked burnt child. Yes it was horrific, but it doesn't have nearly the same impact when the focal point of the picture is now just a grey blob.

@vegster posted the unedited picture.