[Misc] A thread full of Iconic photos

[Peteinblack]

 

[The Clamp]

Passed me by completely, in fact there are a few fantastic photos on this thread that I have never seen before.

I’m the same with some of the other photographs.

This is a superb thread.

 

[The Clamp]

Does anybody know why this photograph is so important?

 

[jcdenton08]

Does anybody know why this photograph is so important?

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It was taken using a potato?

 

[AK74]

 

[AK74]

 

[dolphins]

Does anybody know why this photograph is so important?

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First ever photo isn't it?

 

[The Clamp]

 

[The Clamp]

The one of Katherine Switzer fighting to finish the marathon make me genuinely cry. I have no idea why. Perhaps it’s defiance in the face of such bullying. It’s an astonishing feat and an astonishing picture .

 

[Seagull58]

 

[jcdenton08]

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Sorry what’s this - is it a miner’s strike?

 

[The Clamp]

First ever photo isn't it?

It is indeed. Taken in 1827 I think .

 

[The Clamp]

Sorry what’s this - is it a miner’s strike?

First day of Primark sale.

 

[AK74]

Sorry what’s this - is it a miner’s strike?

Yes. Taken in 1984 at Bilston Glen, Scotland.

 

[jcdenton08]

Yes. Taken in 1984 at Bilston Glen, Scotland.

Thanks. I imagine the photo a few minutes later would be a good deal uglier

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

These are a good thread

 

[AK74]

 

[Flounce]

 

[Insel affe]

 

[AK74]