- 100 Photos that Changed the World
LIFE: 100 Photographs That Changed The World is a collection of photographs accumulated by the editors of
LIFE .The project began with an on-line question posted on Life's website and
The Digital Journalist : Canphotographs create the same historical effect asliterature ? Based on the responses, the editors compiled 100 photographs that they felt portrayed technological photographic achievements, documentation of historic events and accomplishments, or have achieved iconic cultural and symbolic status. The book was edited by Robert Sullivan, and published by Time Inc. Home Entertainment,New York , New York, in2003 . ISBN 1-931933-84-7 The work is divided into four major chapters and three accompanying subsections. The major quarters: TheArts (concentrating on photography’s evolution throughout the19th Century , and its later application to cultural exploitation);Society (documenting images that captured moments that shifted public acquaintance with political, social, cultural, and environmental issues);War (pivotal moments of conflict and associated violence); andScience andNature (capturing technological triumphs, defeats, and horrors). The three subsections: Photographic Art (early works of artists whose primary medium was photography); Trick Photography (infamous scams perpetrated through photographs); and Stop Action (photos that are in fact captures taken fromfilm ).Some of the included photos are identified with larger events, such as
H.S. Wong ’s1937 photograph of a lone child crying at a demolished train station on "Bloody Saturday" as representative of the entire bombing of Shanghai. Other photographs are excerpts from larger historic collections, such asRoger Fenton 's andAlexander Gardner 's respective groundbreaking documentations of theCrimean War andAmerican Civil War . Margin notes document the circumstantial background of many photographs, as well as instances where the images have been accused of being staged.External links
* [http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0309/lm_index.html 100 Photos that Changed the World by LIFE]
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