Iconic Images and their Photographers
February 27, 2015 5:58 PM Subscribe
Iconic Photographers Pose With Their Most Famous Photographs.
The "Girl in Afghanistan", Sharbat Gula, was found and interviewed as an adult. "Tank Man", who faced down tanks in Tienanmen Square, has never been identified.
The "Girl in Afghanistan", Sharbat Gula, was found and interviewed as an adult. "Tank Man", who faced down tanks in Tienanmen Square, has never been identified.
I guess it's true what they say, people really do grow to look like their photo subjects over time.
posted by phunniemee at 7:23 PM on February 27, 2015
posted by phunniemee at 7:23 PM on February 27, 2015
I'm struck by how youthful most of these photographers seem (since a lot of these images seem to have been around since I was a kid)
posted by bonobothegreat at 7:59 PM on February 27, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by bonobothegreat at 7:59 PM on February 27, 2015 [2 favorites]
Such diverse faces.
I've never seen Owerko's photograph until this article and it struck me hard.
posted by erratic meatsack at 9:34 PM on February 27, 2015
I've never seen Owerko's photograph until this article and it struck me hard.
posted by erratic meatsack at 9:34 PM on February 27, 2015
On the second look he doesn't look so much like him, but on the first look I always think the photographer of Sharbat Gula is John Malkovich.
And I imagine identifying people who faced down tanks can be a difficult task.
posted by Ashenmote at 1:36 AM on February 28, 2015
And I imagine identifying people who faced down tanks can be a difficult task.
posted by Ashenmote at 1:36 AM on February 28, 2015
"Tank Man", who faced down tanks in Tienanmen Square, has never been identified.
Publicly, that is. I would be willing to bet that he's either deep underground (aided by people who know exactly who he is and why he's in hiding) or dead at the hands of the authorities.
posted by Etrigan at 5:41 AM on February 28, 2015
Publicly, that is. I would be willing to bet that he's either deep underground (aided by people who know exactly who he is and why he's in hiding) or dead at the hands of the authorities.
posted by Etrigan at 5:41 AM on February 28, 2015
Why are 3/16ths of these pictures from boxing? And two of Ali?
posted by pracowity at 5:58 AM on February 28, 2015
posted by pracowity at 5:58 AM on February 28, 2015
I've never seen the 9/11 photo. Is it one that's very famous in the US? It's really terrifyingly beautiful.
posted by billiebee at 6:44 AM on February 28, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by billiebee at 6:44 AM on February 28, 2015 [1 favorite]
Why are 3/16ths of these pictures from boxing? And two of Ali?
Well, in his prime Ali was possibly the most charismatic man of the last century and certainly a supremely gifted athlete, and like it or not, a lot of people care about sports. I would have been shocked not see him represented at least once in such a list, and twice seems okay as well.
Me, I am just glad Nick Ut is represented by the photo here rather than the other celebrated one he took, decades later.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:10 AM on February 28, 2015
Well, in his prime Ali was possibly the most charismatic man of the last century and certainly a supremely gifted athlete, and like it or not, a lot of people care about sports. I would have been shocked not see him represented at least once in such a list, and twice seems okay as well.
Me, I am just glad Nick Ut is represented by the photo here rather than the other celebrated one he took, decades later.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:10 AM on February 28, 2015
And note also that TFA states Mantoani had about 150 photographers pose. His list is filtered through a Buzzfeed world's ADD filter to bring you the sixteen seen here.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:14 AM on February 28, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:14 AM on February 28, 2015 [1 favorite]
And two of Ali?
As r b mentions, at the time Ali most likely was the most famous person in the world. And – just like Martin Scorsese says that Raging Bull is not a movie about boxing, it's a movie about a man – that incredible shot by Neil Leifer is not about boxing, it's about a man at peak emotion.
Likewise, that Carl Fischer photo – the cover of Esquire magazine in April 1968 – was largely about the war in Vietnam.
p.s. I have long thought that Elliott Erwitt photo of the four legs and the little dog is just about the most perfect picture ever taken.
posted by LeLiLo at 10:01 AM on February 28, 2015
As r b mentions, at the time Ali most likely was the most famous person in the world. And – just like Martin Scorsese says that Raging Bull is not a movie about boxing, it's a movie about a man – that incredible shot by Neil Leifer is not about boxing, it's about a man at peak emotion.
Likewise, that Carl Fischer photo – the cover of Esquire magazine in April 1968 – was largely about the war in Vietnam.
p.s. I have long thought that Elliott Erwitt photo of the four legs and the little dog is just about the most perfect picture ever taken.
posted by LeLiLo at 10:01 AM on February 28, 2015
I've never seen the 9/11 photo. Is it one that's very famous in the US? It's really terrifyingly beautiful.
It was the cover of Time that week.
posted by alexoscar at 10:46 AM on February 28, 2015 [1 favorite]
It was the cover of Time that week.
posted by alexoscar at 10:46 AM on February 28, 2015 [1 favorite]
I haven't seen maybe 1/4 of these photos before. The 9/11 photo is really very beautiful and amazing, and I wish it was not so inexorably tied to that specific event. It really makes it a little unfair in both directions that people will attach so much emotion to it.
Like, I'd like to have it hanging in my house. But what on earth would people *think* about that. That's probably more controversial than a mapplethorpe.
posted by RustyBrooks at 4:39 PM on February 28, 2015
Like, I'd like to have it hanging in my house. But what on earth would people *think* about that. That's probably more controversial than a mapplethorpe.
posted by RustyBrooks at 4:39 PM on February 28, 2015
Tim's been working on this a long time and because of seeing an early version of his project I reached out to Grant Brittain who's featured in the book and I now have a gorgeous signed print of this image on my wall.
posted by photoslob at 8:10 PM on February 28, 2015
posted by photoslob at 8:10 PM on February 28, 2015
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