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In honor of Vanity Fair's 25th anniversary, they will publish the top 25 news photographs. But I didn't see many of the greatest ones, like: Bob Jackson's image of Lee Harvey Oswald being shot by Jack Ruby in Dallas Texas or Bill Eppridge's image of Robert Kennedy being cradled by a busboy after he had been shot and killed in Los Angeles California at the Ambassador Hotel. And there are many others as well that should have made the list.

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/11/25best_slideshow200811?slide=1#globalNav

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Your post sounds like only the crimes are the greatest news moments. Can't we have something else ? Freedom ? progress ?
 
Even years later, 22 still makes me choke every time I see it...

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Morihei said:
But I didn't see many of the greatest ones, like: Bob Jackson's image of Lee Harvey Oswald being shot by Jack Ruby in Dallas Texas or Bill Eppridge's image of Robert Kennedy being cradled by a busboy after he had been shot and killed
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Yeah, let's bring even more death, blood, violence, racism and misery to this list of already violent, bloody images.

That's why i've stopped visiting World Press Photo exhibitions - they promote the concept that only gory, bloody and miserable images are "THE news images".

A happy/funny image of a beautifull moment? No, sorry, it's not news... there's no blood!

Makes me think about what's wrong with us all...
 
It should remind everyone that these kinds of shots are photos fo interesting things/events, not interesting because of the photographer's technical skill.

I'd like to see a similar list from a country other than America, or maybe even one that covers topics of more global interest.
 
Yes, we prefer to live a dream world of perfection, happiness, technology and materialism. Each of these photographs represent lows in history. These are moments, not technologogically perfect but memorable moments captured in conditions that are difficult, uncomfortable, spontanious; they are great images captured with available technology. To those detractors here, hang your heads in shame as you exhibit a failure to understand great photojournalism. Better get back to your pixel-peeping and brand-defending.
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The photographer who took #15, and won a Pullitzer, regretted the half-story told by the photo and ruining the life of the brave and honorable man who fired the gun.

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=M2QxNWY0N2ZkY2IxMWJhZGQ4MTU3ZjhlZjg3NTk0NzE=

He deserves another Pullitzer, for humility and honesty. He refused to hang the photo in his studio.

I do not object to any one of these photos, but placed beside each other they tell a storyline that is banal, superficial and self-congratulatory. And Cartier Bresson took a much better shot of retaliation against collaborators in France. But who wants a photo that makes you think and challenge your assumptions?

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I have kids of that age. Was the first time I saw this image. That shot hit me full power right into my stomach, seen it for the first time.

Just incredible.

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JClaude said:
Even years later, 22 still makes me choke every time I see it...

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Ian S said:
Most of those shots are soft, several have blown highlights and how
can we evaluate them without 100% crops?
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Funny, isn't it?

Here we are, every day-every night, pixel peeping to the max when the best photographs ever produced lack sharpness and DR :-)

Looks like we have missing the point.

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Not to politicize this forum - the referenced article may be true in every way. But Jonah Goldberg is a notorious right wing ideologue and his name on any byline makes me suspect both the agenda and veracity of whatever is being presented.

I'll promise not to quote any liberal blowhards here, but let's try to do the same from all sides.
 
What exactly is your point. It can't be the trivial that there is always a back story. It can't be that photographers sometimes don't like their work or how people interpret their work. That would also state the obvious. I can't really figure out what your point is other than you think Jonah Goldberg is worth reading.
 
Morihei said:
In honor of Vanity Fair's 25th anniversary, they will publish the
top 25 news photographs. But I didn't see many of the greatest ones,
like: Bob Jackson's image of Lee Harvey Oswald being shot by Jack
Ruby in Dallas Texas or Bill Eppridge's image of Robert Kennedy
being cradled by a busboy after he had been shot and killed in Los
Angeles California at the Ambassador Hotel. And there are many others
as well that should have made the list.

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/11/25best_slideshow200811?slide=1#globalNav
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It's ironic that they are called the "best" but most depict some of the worst tragedies in modern history.

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fad said:
The photographer who took #15, and won a Pullitzer, regretted the
half-story told by the photo and ruining the life of the brave and
honorable man who fired the gun.

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=M2QxNWY0N2ZkY2IxMWJhZGQ4MTU3ZjhlZjg3NTk0NzE=

He deserves another Pullitzer, for humility and honesty. He refused
to hang the photo in his studio.
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Regardless of the circumstances, that image depicts a cold-blooded murder. There is no justification for such an act.

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i can't believe that they humiliated those women who were alleged to be **** sympathizers (but not proven in a court of law?). That is just brutal. Did they shave her head or did she do it willingly? All those people around them mocking them makes me ill. Making them were ill-fitted underwear.

I hope that the French press vilified the people who participated in this torture.

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if it bleeds, it leads.

the press has an obvious filter through which they judge "quality".
Barugon said:
It's ironic that they are called the "best" but most depict some of
the worst tragedies in modern history.
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The press, like them or loathe them, simply provide the public what they want. The public were quick to criticise the paps who chased Princess Di but also equally as quick to buy the newspapers & magazines that featured those photos.

I
 
the press and media are lazy and cynical by appealing to the lowest of the low. Of which there are are people who that appeals to.

High School Musical 3 blew away Saw 4 and the Bush movie for a reason.
Ivan Valiozis said:
The press, like them or loathe them, simply provide the public what
they want. The public were quick to criticise the paps who chased
Princess Di but also equally as quick to buy the newspapers &
magazines that featured those photos.

I
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