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TIME 100 Photos The Collection Videos Shop About the Project Credits View By Date The Most Influential Images of All Time Explore the stories behind 100 images that changed the world, selected by TIME and an international team of curators ▸ About the project Share 1957 Milk Drop Coronet Harold Edgerton 5:33 1955 Emmett Till David Jackson 8:29 1965 Fetus, 18 weeks Lennart Nilsson 1989 Tank Man Jeff Widener 5:00 1968 Earthrise William Anders, NASA 5:14 1960 Guerillero heroico Alberto Korda 1948 Dalí Atomicus Philippe Halsman 5:18 2014 Oscars Selfie Bradley Cooper 1971 Windblown Jackie Ron Galella 8:24 1965 Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston Neil Leifer 5:56 1932 Lunch Atop a Skyscraper Unknown Photographer 5:44 1964 The Pillow Fight Harry Benson 3:59 1944 D-Day Robert Capa 4:12 1826 View from the Window at Le Gras Joseph Nicéphore Niépce 1978 Untitled Film Still #21 Cindy Sherman 1992 Famine in Somalia James Nachtwey 5:32 1995 Pillars of Creation NASA 1955 Dovima with elephants, evening dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, August 1955 Richard Avedon 1982 Behind Closed Doors Donna Ferrato 11:51 1990 The Face of AIDS Therese Frare 11:25 1997 First Cell-Phone Picture Philippe Kahn 2001 Falling Man Richard Drew 4:17 2000 Surfing Hippos Michael Nichols 1945 V-J Day in Times Square Alfred Eisenstaedt 1937 The Hindenburg Disaster Sam Shere 1963 JFK Assassination, Frame 313 Abraham Zapruder 8:51 1878 The Horse in Motion Eadweard Muybridge 1984 Michael Jordan Co Rentmeester 2011 The Situation Room Pete Souza 1936 The Falling Soldier Robert Capa 1936 Migrant Mother Dorothea Lange 1948 The Babe Bows Out Nat Fein 5:50 1968 Black Power Salute John Dominis 1946 Gandhi and the Spinning Wheel Margaret Bourke-White 1934 The Loch Ness Monster Unknown Photographer 1908 Girl Worker in Carolina Cotton Mill Lewis Hine 3:44 2013 North Korea David Guttenfelder 1976 Soweto Uprising Sam Nzima 11:41 1987 Immersions (Piss Christ) Andres Serrano 2004 Coffin Ban Tami Silicio 1904 The Vanishing Race Edward S. Curtis 1972 The Terror of War Nick Ut 1916 Blind Paul Strand 1963 The Burning Monk Malcolm Browne 1839 Boulevard du Temple Louis Daguerre 1945 Raising a Flag over the Reichstag Yevgeny Khaldei 2005 Iraqi Girl at Checkpoint Chris Hondros 5:40 1968 Invasion of Prague Josef Koudelka 1932 Couple in Raccoon Coats James VanDerZee 1941 Winston Churchill Yousuf Karsh 1937 Bloody Saturday H.S. Wong 1860 Abraham Lincoln Mathew Brady 1968 Saigon Execution Eddie Adams 1942 Grief Dmitri Baltermants 1979 Molotov Man Susan Meiselas 2003 The Hooded Man Sergeant Ivan Frederick 1904 Moonlight: The Pond Edward Steichen 1861 Cathedral Rock, Yosemite Carleton Watkins 1945 Flag Raising on Iwo Jima Joe Rosenthal 1895 The Hand of Mrs. Wilhelm Röntgen Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen 1943 The Critic Weegee 1943 Jewish Boy Surrenders in Warsaw Unknown Photographer 1993 Starving Child and Vulture Kevin Carter 1989 Untitled (Cowboy) Richard Prince 15:11 1953 Camelot Hy Peskin 1977 Boat of No Smiles Eddie Adams 1982 Androgyny (6 Men + 6 Women) Nancy Burson 1960 Case Study House no. 22, Los Angeles Julius Shulman 1955 Trolley—New Orleans Robert Frank 1991 Demi Moore Annie Leibovitz 1999 99 Cent Andreas Gursky 1979 Firing Squad in Iran Jahangir Razmi 1972 Munich Massacre Kurt Strumpf 1966 Chairman Mao Swims in the Yangtze Unknown Photographer 1942 American Gothic Gordon Parks 1930 The Hague Erich Salomon 1855 The Valley of the Shadow of Death Roger Fenton 1948 Country Doctor W. Eugene Smith 1975 Fire Escape Collapse Stanley Forman 1963 Nuit de Noël (Happy Club) Malick Sidibè 1936 Fort Peck Dam Margaret Bourke-White 1979 Brian Ridley and Lyle Heeter Robert Mapplethorpe 1932 Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare Henri Cartier-Bresson 1945 Mushroom Cloud Over Nagasaki Lieutenant Charles Levy 1973 Allende’s Last Stand Luis Orlando Lagos 1943 Betty Grable Frank Powolny 1928 Bricklayer August Sander 2007 Gorilla in the Congo Brent Stirton 1888 Bandit’s Roost, 59½ Mulberry Street Jacob Riis 1970 Kent State Shootings John Paul Filo 2009 The Death of Neda Unknown Photographer 1934 Hitler at a Nazi Party Rally Heinrich Hoffmann 1961 Leap into Freedom Peter Leibing 1862 The Dead of Antietam Alexander Gardner 1969 Albino Boy, Biafra Don McCullin 1907 The Steerage Alfred Stieglitz 1963 Birmingham, Alabama Charles Moore 1992 Bosnia Ron Haviv 2015 Alan Kurdi Nilüfer Demir 1969 A Man on the Moon Neil Armstrong, NASA Present 2015 Alan Kurdi Nilüfer Demir 2015 2014 Oscars Selfie Bradley Cooper 2014 2013 North Korea David Guttenfelder 2013 2011 The Situation Room Pete Souza 2011 2000s 2009 The Death of Neda Unknown Photographer 2009 2007 Gorilla in the Congo Brent Stirton 2007 2005 Iraqi Girl at Checkpoint Chris Hondros 2005 5:40 2004 Coffin Ban Tami Silicio 2004 2003 The Hooded Man Sergeant Ivan Frederick 2003 2001 Falling Man Richard Drew 2001 4:17 2000 Surfing Hippos Michael Nichols 2000 1990s 1999 99 Cent Andreas Gursky 1999 1997 First Cell-Phone Picture Philippe Kahn 1997 1995 Pillars of Creation NASA 1995 1993 Starving Child and Vulture Kevin Carter 1993 1992 Famine in Somalia James Nachtwey 1992 5:32 1992 Bosnia Ron Haviv 1992 1991 Demi Moore Annie Leibovitz 1991 1990 The Face of AIDS Therese Frare 1990 11:25 1980s 1989 Untitled (Cowboy) Richard Prince 1989 15:11 1989 Tank Man Jeff Widener 1989 5:00 1987 Immersions (Piss Christ) Andres Serrano 1987 1984 Michael Jordan Co Rentmeester 1984 1982 Androgyny (6 Men + 6 Women) Nancy Burson 1982 1982 Behind Closed Doors Donna Ferrato 1982 11:51 1970s 1979 Brian Ridley and Lyle Heeter Robert Mapplethorpe 1979 1979 Firing Squad in Iran Jahangir Razmi 1979 1979 Molotov Man Susan Meiselas 1979 1978 Untitled Film Still #21 Cindy Sherman 1978 1977 Boat of No Smiles Eddie Adams 1977 1976 Soweto Uprising Sam Nzima 1976 11:41 1975 Fire Escape Collapse Stanley Forman 1975 1973 Allende’s Last Stand Luis Orlando Lagos 1973 1972 Munich Massacre Kurt Strumpf 1972 1972 The Terror of War Nick Ut 1972 1971 Windblown Jackie Ron Galella 1971 8:24 1970 Kent State Shootings John Paul Filo 1970 1960s 1969 A Man on the Moon Neil Armstrong, NASA 1969 1969 Albino Boy, Biafra Don McCullin 1969 1968 Earthrise William Anders, NASA 1968 5:14 1968 Black Power Salute John Dominis 1968 1968 Invasion of Prague Josef Koudelka 1968 1968 Saigon Execution Eddie Adams 1968 1966 Chairman Mao Swims in the Yangtze Unknown Photographer 1966 1965 Fetus, 18 weeks Lennart Nilsson 1965 1965 Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston Neil Leifer 1965 5:56 1964 The Pillow Fight Harry Benson 1964 3:59 1963 JFK Assassination, Frame 313 Abraham Zapruder 1963 8:51 1963 The Burning Monk Malcolm Browne 1963 1963 Birmingham, Alabama Charles Moore 1963 1963 Nuit de Noël (Happy Club) Malick Sidibè 1963 1961 Leap into Freedom Peter Leibing 1961 1960 Case Study House no. 22, Los Angeles Julius Shulman 1960 1960 Guerillero heroico Alberto Korda 1960 1950s 1957 Milk Drop Coronet Harold Edgerton 1957 5:33 1955 Emmett Till David Jackson 1955 8:29 1955 Dovima with elephants, evening dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, August 1955 Richard Avedon 1955 1955 Trolley—New Orleans Robert Frank 1955 1953 Camelot Hy Peskin 1953 1940s 1948 Country Doctor W. Eugene Smith 1948 1948 The Babe Bows Out Nat Fein 1948 5:50 1948 Dalí Atomicus Philippe Halsman 1948 5:18 1946 Gandhi and the Spinning Wheel Margaret Bourke-White 1946 1945 V-J Day in Times Square Alfred Eisenstaedt 1945 1945 Mushroom Cloud Over Nagasaki Lieutenant Charles Levy 1945 1945 Raising a Flag over the Reichstag Yevgeny Khaldei 1945 1945 Flag Raising on Iwo Jima Joe Rosenthal 1945 1944 D-Day Robert Capa 1944 4:12 1943 The Critic Weegee 1943 1943 Jewish Boy Surrenders in Warsaw Unknown Photographer 1943 1943 Betty Grable Frank Powolny 1943 1942 American Gothic Gordon Parks 1942 1942 Grief Dmitri Baltermants 1942 1941 Winston Churchill Yousuf Karsh 1941 1930s 1937 Bloody Saturday H.S. Wong 1937 1937 The Hindenburg Disaster Sam Shere 1937 1936 Fort Peck Dam Margaret Bourke-White 1936 1936 The Falling Soldier Robert Capa...