A picture is worth a thousand words and the famous picture of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square on August 14, 1945, says it all. The photo captures the joy, excitement, and relief of the American people as they learned about the end of World War II. The Photo that Captured a Nation’s…
Category: Famous Photographs
Lunch atop a Skyscraper: The American Spirit on Display
Have you ever seen the iconic image of construction workers having lunch while sitting on a steel beam high above the city? This photo, called “Lunch atop a Skyscraper,” has become one of the most recognizable images of the 20th century. But who was the man behind the lens? The Photographer: Charles C. Ebbets Charles…
Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare by Henri Cartier-Bresson
Picture this: it’s 1932 in Paris, and Henri Cartier-Bresson has just captured a moment in time that would forever change the world of photography. That moment, the now famous image “Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare” of a man jumping over a puddle, has become one of the most iconic photographs in history. In this blog post, we’ll…