image
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label
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description
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creator
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inception
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depicts
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copyright status
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View from the Window at Le Gras
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the earliest known surviving photograph produced in the camera obscura by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
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Nicéphore Niépce
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1827
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Saint-Loup-de-Varennes roof sky garden
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public domain
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Boulevard du Temple
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daguerreotype
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Louis Daguerre
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1838
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Boulevard du Temple roof street human tree streetlight sky
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public domain
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Valley of the Shadow of Death
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photograph by Roger Fenton
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Roger Fenton
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1855-04-23
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Crimean War valley road cannonball Sevastopol
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public domain
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Abraham Lincoln
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photograph by Mathew Brady
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Mathew Benjamin Brady
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1860
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Cathedral Rock, Yosemite
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photograph by Carleton Watkins
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Carleton Watkins
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1861
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Cathedral Rocks mountain landscape painting
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public domain
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Bodies on the battlefield at Antietam
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photograph by Alexander Gardner
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Alexander Gardner
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1862-09
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Battle of Antietam cadaver
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public domain
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Sallie Gardner at a Gallop
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1878 early animated image made by Eadweard Muybridge
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Eadweard Muybridge
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1878
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horse equestrian
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public domain
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Bandit's Roost, 59½ Mulberry Street
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photograph by Jacob Riis
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Jacob Riis
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1888
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Mulberry Street gang brigand
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The Hand of Mrs. Wilhelm Röntgen
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photograph by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
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Fernando Pinzón
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1895
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hand ring bone phalanx
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The Pond—Moonlight
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photograph by Edward Steichen
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Edward Steichen
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1904
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artificial pond moonlight
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public domain
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The Vanishing Race
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photograph by Edward S. Curtis
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Edward S. Curtis
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1904
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Navajo horse departure human migration
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The Steerage
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photograph taken by Alfred Stieglitz in 1907
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Alfred Stieglitz
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1907
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passenger steerage SS Kaiser Wilhelm II immigrant man woman ship crowd
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public domain copyrighted
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Cotton Mill Girl
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photograph by Lewis Hine
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Lewis Hine
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1908
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cotton mill girl child labour
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Blind
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photograph by Paul Strand
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Paul Strand
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1916
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blindness woman
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Bricklayer
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photograph by August Sander
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August Sander
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1928
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The Hague
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photograph by Erich Salomon
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Erich Salomon
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1930
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Louis Loucheur Julius Curtius André Tardieu Hague conference on reparations
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Lunch atop a Skyscraper
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1932 photograph of workers atop the steelwork of 30 Rockefeller Plaza
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Charles Clyde Ebbets
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1932
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30 Rockefeller Plaza worker beam lunch Manhattan Central Park
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Couple in Raccoon Coats
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photograph by James VanDerZee
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James Van Der Zee
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1932
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Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare
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photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
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1932
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The Loch Ness Monster
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photograph by Unknown
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No/unknown value
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1934
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Hitler at a Nazi Party Rally
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photograph by Heinrich Hoffmann
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Heinrich Hoffmann
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1934
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Adolf Hitler Nazi Swastika
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Fort Peck Dam
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photograph by Margaret Bourke-White
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Margaret Bourke-White
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1936
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Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California
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photograph by Dorothea Lange
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Dorothea Lange
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1936-03-06
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Florence Owens Thompson woman child
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public domain copyrighted
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The Falling Soldier
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photograph by Robert Capa
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Robert Capa
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1936-09-05
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Federico Borrell García gunshot wound death in battle anarchist militiaman
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The Hindenburg Disaster
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photograph by Sam Shere
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Sam Shere
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1937
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Hindenburg disaster LZ 129 Hindenburg conflagration
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Bloody Saturday
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photograph by H. S. Wong
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H. S. Wong
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1937-08-28
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child Shanghainan Railway Station rail debris infant crying
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public domain
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The Roaring Lion
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photograph by Yousuf Karsh
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Yousuf Karsh
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1941-12-30
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Winston Churchill
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public domain
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Grief
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Photo by Dmitry Baltermants
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Dmitry Baltermants
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1942-01
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American Gothic
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photograph by Gordon Parks
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Gordon Parks
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1942-08
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Ella Watson flag of the United States woman mop broom
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public domain
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A Jewish boy surrenders in Warsaw
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famous Warsaw Ghetto Uprising photograph
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No/unknown value
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1943
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Josef Blösche Tsvi C. Nussbaum
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public domain
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Betty Grable
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photograph by Frank Powolny
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Frank Powolny
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1943
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Betty Grable
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public domain
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The Critic
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photograph by Weegee
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Weegee
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1943
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D-Day
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photograph by Robert Capa
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Robert Capa
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1944
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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
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photograph taken during the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II
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Joe Rosenthal
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1945-02-23
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Michael Strank Harlon Block Franklin Sousley Harold Keller Ira Hayes Harold Schultz flag of the United States
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public domain
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Raising a flag over the Reichstag
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iconic photograph from World War II
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Yevgeny Khaldei
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1945-05-02
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Reichstag flag of the Soviet Union soldier Oleksii Kovalov Abdulkhakim Ismailov postage stamp World War II Berlin
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Atomic Cloud Rises Over Nagasaki
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picture of the mushroom cloud over Nagasaki
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Charles Levy
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1945-08-09
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atomic bombing of Nagasaki
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public domain
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V-J Day in Times Square
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1945 photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt
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Alfred Eisenstaedt
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1945-08-14
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kiss Greta Zimmer Friedman sailor Times Square Seventh Avenue
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Gandhi and the Spinning Wheel
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photograph by Margaret Bourke-White
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Margaret Bourke-White
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1946
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Dalí Atomicus
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photograph by Philippe Halsman
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Philippe Halsman
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1948
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Salvador Dalí chair easel painting house cat water Leda Atomica footstool
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copyrighted
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The Babe Bows Out
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photograph by Nat Fein
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Nat Fein
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1948
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Country Doctor
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photograph by W. Eugene Smith
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W. Eugene Smith
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1948
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Camelot
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photograph by Hy Peskin
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Hy Peskin
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1953
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Dovima with Elephants
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photo by Richard Avedon
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Richard Avedon
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1955
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Dovima Asian elephant
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Trolley—New Orleans
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photograph by Robert Frank
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Robert Frank
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1955
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Emmett Till
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photograph by David Jackson
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David Jackson
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1955
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Emmett Till
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Milk Drop Coronet
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1957 photograph by Harold Edgerton
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Harold Eugene Edgerton
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1957
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Plateau–Rayleigh instability
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Case Study House no. 22, Los Angeles
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photograph by Julius Shulman
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Julius Shulman
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1960
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Stahl House
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Guerrillero Heroico
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iconic photo of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara by Alberto Korda
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Alberto Korda
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1960-03-05
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Che Guevara
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public domain
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Jump to freedom
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photograph
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Peter Leibing
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1961-08-15
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Conrad Schumann
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Nuit de Noël (Happy Club)
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photograph by Malick Sidibè
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Malick Sidibé
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1963
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Birmingham, Alabama
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photograph by Charles Moore
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Charles Moore
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1963
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JFK Assassination, Frame 313
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photograph by Abraham Zapruder
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Abraham Zapruder
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1963
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self-immolation of Thich Quang Duc picture
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photograph by Malcolm Browne
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Malcolm Browne
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1963
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Thích Quảng Đức self-immolation Austin A95 Westminster fuel container bhikkhu
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The Pillow Fight
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photograph by Harry Benson
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Harry Benson
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1964
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Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston
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photograph by Neil Leifer
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Neil Leifer
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1965
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Fetus, 18 weeks
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photograph by Lennart Nilsson
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Lennart Nilsson
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1965
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Chairman Mao Swims in the Yangtze
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photograph by Unknown
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No/unknown value
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1966
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Invasion of Prague
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photograph by Josef Koudelka
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Josef Koudelka
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1968
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Saigon Execution
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photograph by Eddie Adams
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Eddie Adams
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1968
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Black Power Salute
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photograph by John Dominis
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John Dominis
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1968
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Earthrise
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photograph of the Earth taken by astronaut Bill Anders during the Apollo 8 mission
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Bill Anders
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1968-12-24
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Earth Moon
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public domain
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Albino Boy, Biafra
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photograph by Don McCullin
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Don McCullin
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1969
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A Man on the Moon
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photograph by Neil Armstrong, NASA
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Neil Armstrong
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1969-07-20
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Buzz Aldrin Moon space suit footprint visor Neil Armstrong Mare Tranquillitatis Omega Speedmaster Apollo/Skylab A7L
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public domain
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Kent State Shootings
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photograph by John Paul Filo
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John Filo
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1970
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Windblown Jackie
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photograph by Ron Galella
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Ron Galella
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1971
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Munich Massacre
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photograph by Kurt Strumpf
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Kurt Strumpf
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1972
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The Terror of War
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photograph by Nick Ut
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Nick Ut
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1972-06-08
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Phan Thị Kim Phúc
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Allende's Last Stand
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photograph by Luis Orlando Lagos
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Orlando Lagos
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1973
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Fire Escape Collapse
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photograph by Stanley Forman
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Stanley Forman
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1975-07-22
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fall fire escape structural failure girl woman
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Soweto Uprising
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photograph by Sam Nzima
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Sam Nzima
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1976
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Boat of No Smiles
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photograph by Eddie Adams
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Eddie Adams
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1977
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Untitled Film Still #21
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photograph by Cindy Sherman
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Cindy Sherman
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1978
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Firing Squad in Iran
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photograph by Jahangir Razmi
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Jahangir Razmi
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1979
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Brian Ridley and Lyle Heeter
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photograph by Robert Mapplethorpe
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Robert Mapplethorpe
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1979
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Molotov Man
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photograph by Susan Meiselas
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Susan Meiselas
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1979-07-06
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Behind Closed Doors
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photograph by Donna Ferrato
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Donna Ferrato
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1982
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Androgyny (6 Men + 6 Women)
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photograph by Nancy Burson
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Nancy Burson
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1982
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Michael Jordan
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photograph by Co Rentmeester
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Ko Rentmeester
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1984
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Piss Christ
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1987 photograph by Andres Serrano; depicts a small plastic crucifix submerged in a small glass tank of the artist's urine
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Andres Serrano
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1987
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crucifix urine
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Untitled (cowboy)
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photograph by Richard Prince
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Richard Prince
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1989
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conceptual art man horse advertisement equestrianism
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copyrighted
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Tank Man
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photography of an anonymous man who stood in front of a column of Chinese tanks during the Tiananmen Square protests
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Jeff Widener
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1989-06-05
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Tank Man Type 59 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
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copyrighted
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David Kirby’s Final Moments
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photograph by Therese Frare
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Therese Frare
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1990-05-05
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David Kirby
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More Demi Moore
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photograph by Annie Leibovitz
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Annie Leibovitz
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1991-08
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handbra human pregnancy Demi Moore
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Bosnia
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photograph by Ron Haviv
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Ron Haviv
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1992
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Famine in Somalia
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photograph by James Nachtwey
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James Nachtwey
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1992
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The vulture and the little girl
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photograph by Kevin Carter
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Kevin Carter
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1993-03 1993
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child Old World vulture starvation Kong Nyong
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Pillars of Creation
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astrophotograph by the Hubble Space Telescope
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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1995-04-01
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Eagle Nebula star cold molecular pillar
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public domain
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First Cell-Phone Picture
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photograph by Philippe Kahn
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Philippe Kahn
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1997
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neonate
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public domain
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Surfing Hippos
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photograph by Michael Nichols
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Michael Nichols
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2000
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99 Cent II Diptychon
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Photograph by Andreas Gurksy
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Andreas Gursky
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2001
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supermarket
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The Falling Man
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iconic photograph from 9/11
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Richard Drew
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2001-09-11
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September 11 attacks man fall World Trade Center
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copyrighted
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The Hooded Man
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photograph by Sergeant Ivan Frederick
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Ivan Frederick
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2003
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public domain
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Coffin Ban
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photograph by Tami Silicio
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2004
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Iraqi Girl at Checkpoint
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photograph by Chris Hondros
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Chris Hondros
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2005
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Gorilla in the Congo
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photograph by Brent Stirton
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Brent Stirton
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2007
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The Death of Neda
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photograph by Unknown
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No/unknown value
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2009
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Situation Room
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iconic photo of Barack Obama and his national security team during Operation Neptune Spear
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Pete Souza
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2011-05-01
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White House Situation Room Barack Obama Joe Biden Hillary Clinton Marshall B. Webb Denis McDonough Robert Gates Michael Mullen Thomas E. Donilon William M. Daley Antony Blinken John Owen Brennan James R. Clapper Audrey Tomason woman man group of humans
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public domain
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North Korea
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photograph by David Guttenfelder
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David Guttenfelder
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2013
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Oscars Selfie
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photograph by Bradley Cooper
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Bradley Cooper
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2014
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Ellen DeGeneres Bradley Cooper Meryl Streep Brad Pitt Jennifer Lawrence Kevin Spacey
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photograph of Alan Kurdi
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photo of dead toddler on beach on Turkish beach
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Nilüfer Demir
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2015-09-02
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Alan Kurdi toddler beach death
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