Iconic Images in Political History

[Trotsky]

I was the opposite, the thread title says images, not photographs. Political history goes back to time immemorial so most of the iconic moments in political history date back to before Niepce and Daguerre, thus there are no photographs, only artist depictions.

Yeah, I used that terminology specifically to accommodate both. I originally was going to just say photos, but I thought of Washington Crossing the Delaware and so on.

 

[Gregolian]

In that case:

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

in my opinion, one of the most heart breaking photos of the Iraq war

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

the horrors of Beslan

 

[ScarHead]

Damn beat me to it. Shoulda gotten here sooner.

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

 

[n...not crazy]

That's one of the most beautiful pics I've ever seen. Pretty much a perfect picture.

ps I wish my motherfuckn family would be happy to see me sometimes god damn it. I guess I need to almost die.

 

[lilelvis]

 

[Losfer Words]

Paris Commune

The Bisbee Deportation

Storming of US Embassy in Iran

 

[Losfer Words]

The Louisiana Purchase.

 

[Ruprecht]

Newsies, Child Labour. St Louis, Missouri in 1910 (Colourised).

Hull House resident, Chicago 1910 (Colourised).

 

[Possum Jenkins]

Liberty leading the People by Eugene Delacroix

17-year-old Marina Ginesta fighting for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War

Subcomandante Marcos

 

[Gregolian]

 

[Long Dark Blues]

 

[7437]

Nagasaki 20 minutes after the bombing

General Custer and his men

This looks like something you could easily see today.

 

[flashNsmash]