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Many genres of photography exist in the world and when the issue of fame rears its head in the conversation, those varying photo genres are the all important determining factor in the judging of the fame of the images.
As an example, let’s look into famous images from the world of photojournalistic endeavors. Possibly one of the most well known photojournalistic images was taken by war correspondent Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945 at the flag raising on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima.
That image was published in countless media outlets when it was released, it is still seen on holidays such as Veteran’s Day and Memorial Day.
Another image that is easily recognized is the famous kiss image taken by world-renowned photographer Alfred Eisenstadt in Times Square of a sailor kissing a nurse on the day WWII ended.
These are just two examples in a catalog of tens of thousands of famous photojournalistic images captured by relentless and dedicated photojournalists.
Moving forward in time, several images that are burned into folks visual memories are the images from September 11, 2001 of the World Trade Center catastrophe and the image of the wild-eyed and disheveled former leader of Iraq, Saddam Hussein.
The images captured by contemporary photographers such as Annie Leibovitz’s standout celebrity images in the world such as her iconic Rolling Stone image of Ono Yoko and John Lennon from the 1980s.
Other photographers have worked their photo magic on genres such as landscapes like Ansel Adams classic black and white image of the Moon and Half Dome.
Imogen Cunningham the photographer who is noted for her botanical images when queried about what her favorite image was she simply stated, “ Which of my photographs is my favorite?
The one I’m going to take tomorrow.
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