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Some World Famous Photographs
“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.”
— Aaron Siskind
“To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”
— Elliott Erwitt
“A tear contains an ocean. A photographer is aware of the tiny moments in a person’s life that reveal greater truths.”
— Anonymous
Choosing a batch of iconic images is really complex, but really fun to do, because studying images, is for me the best way to learn about photography in its essence. Photography for me is about capturing meaningful stories, and nothing more. It is completely normal to expect readers commenting on the inclusion or exclusion of certain images. The purpose is not to exclude or include, but to mention some of the images that had been renowned as iconic due to their social and anthropological importance. Please feel free to share other images that could be considered as historically important in order to get a richer experience through the social development of these words. Without further ado, let’s talk about some world…
