A single great picture can change the world. The Blue Marble photo taken from Apollo 17 in 1972 gave millions of people a new perspective on our place in the universe and helped inspire the environmental movement. John Filo’s photo of the woman kneeling over the body of a Kent State University student after he was shot by the National Guard during a protest against the invasion of Cambodia in 1970 changed how millions of Americans thought about their government. Once you have looked at “Falling Man,” the photo by Associated Press photographer Richard Drew of a man plunging headfirst off the
...more
