Pictures that speak a thousand words

[Mr. Happy Sock]

This is the thread where you post pictures that speak volumes by themselves. Let me start with one that has been hanging in my house for the last 10 years-
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r16/ff144/Reflections-1.jpg

[cka203]

Awesome - I have that same pic hanging in my office. Very powerful! :thumb:

[luso2kx]

Over here, we have one picture from the April 25th, 1974 revolution that overthrew the dictatorship in power. It pretty much depicts how the whole thing was practically bloodless(a couple of people were killed when shots were fired from the then HQ of the secret police. To this date, the only registered casualties of the revolution).

http://petraevstuff.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/25abril.jpg

[Ras]

Afghan Girl - Just her facial expression in conjunction with her eyes is just fascinating.

[Ras]

The Burning Monk - I first saw this in Life magazine and found out it was in protest of the Vietnam War. He set himself on fire, but never moved or cried out in pain.

[RoadGrader]

^^ I have always had that image in my mind ^^

http://s.ngm.com/afghan-girl/images/afghan-girl.jpg

She remembers the moment. The photographer took her picture. She remembers her anger. The man was a stranger. She had never been photographed before. Until they met again 17 years later, she had not been photographed since.

Rest of The Story Here (http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2002/04/afghan-girl/index-text)

[Ras]

Fire on Marlborough Street - This was in the old Boston-American and the girl at the bottom of the picture died, but the young girl above survived. Why is this memorable, I graduated high school that year and was in Boston on that day hanging out with friends and we drove by the scene.

[JD10367]

http://orugallu.net/vinDu/images/misc/sudanchild1.jpg

http://juicefriends.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/the-kiss-1945.jpg

http://www.gallerym.com/images/work/big/pulitzer_nick_ut_vietnam_napalm_kim_phuc_6872_L.jp g

http://ecotality.com/life/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/hindenburg.gif

http://shenews.projo.com/07/johnjohn.jpg

[Ras]

The Power of One - These photos shows to me what one person can do. The woman is an Isreali settler fighting the Isreali army trying to remove her from the West Bank. I love politics and public service and have involved since I was 18. Each time I see this photo and the one of Tiananmen Square, it just reinforces my resolve to make my commuinty a better place to live.

[Ras]

Lunch atop a skyscraper - So whimsical, but it shows confidence.

[Ras]

Conrad Schumann - I like this one as it represent one thing - "Freedom"

[Ras]

Ground Zero Spirit - 'nuff said.

[sammi71]

http://orugallu.net/vinDu/images/misc/sudanchild1.jpg

http://juicefriends.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/the-kiss-1945.jpg

http://www.gallerym.com/images/work/big/pulitzer_nick_ut_vietnam_napalm_kim_phuc_6872_L.jp g

http://ecotality.com/life/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/hindenburg.gif

http://shenews.projo.com/07/johnjohn.jpg
That first picture brings tears to my eyes:shake: How sad!!!

[Ras]

Iwo - The greatest generation at their finest.

[Claremonster]

Lunch atop a skyscraper - So whimsical, but it shows confidence.

I have that photo as a print - interestingly enough, those are Mohawk high steel workers.

[Ras]

That first picture brings tears to my eyes:shake: How sad!!!

Oklahoma City Bombing - As many times as I see this photo, I still shed a tear or two.

[sammi71]

Oklahoma City Bombing - As many times as I see this photo, I still shed a tear or two.

WOW i remember this picture....this one is very sad too:shake:

[JD10367]

I have that photo as a print - interestingly enough, those are Mohawk high steel workers.

Natives are very good with heights, for some reason.

I think the one I recently nabbed for an avatar is also pretty poignant, when they first got to the moon and turned around and saw the earthrise.

[RoadGrader]

I'm sorry Ras but I couldn't resist a little levity here :o

http://cdn-www.cracked.com/articleimages/dan/1-22-09/AceJustice.jpg

http://cdn-www.cracked.com/articleimages/dan/1-22-09/Wibblewobble.jpg

[mikiemo83]

I have that photo as a print - interestingly enough, those are Mohawk high steel workers.AS SOMEONE WHO HAS GONE UP ON THAT STUFF....THEY ARE F'n NUTS

I hated it but made myself go...one bastard stared jumping on the beam, no movement but it felt like I was bouncing feet

[CleatMarks]

http://orugallu.net/vinDu/images/misc/sudanchild1.jpg




Kevin Carter took that picture and others like it. He was so haunted by what he saw, it ruined his life. He became an alcoholic and drug abuser and eventually committed suicide. It's a sad commentary on someone with such striking work.

[johnlocke]

Why don't we have any pics of glory and triumph. I can't think of any myself or I'd post em. :shrug:

[Claremonster]

http://www.geekologie.com/2008/04/02/lego-photo-1.jpg


http://www.geekologie.com/2008/04/02/lego-photo-3.jpg


http://www.geekologie.com/2008/04/02/lego-photo-5.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3185/2452020557_6cb5c3399b.jpg?v=0


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2033/2120061235_7cb09e5a93.jpg?v=0



http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2314/2537444822_4b6261b5d4.jpg?v=0

[Claremonster]

Natives are very good with heights, for some reason.




My lady doesn't let me go up on the roof to clean gutters and stuff anymore, cuz I'd be running around up there barefoot, or standing on one foot on the very highest peak of the roof, and she'd be down on the lawn angry, and flipping me off, for making her fear for my safety... Good times :thumb:

[AllWorldTE]

The instant of death-Photo from the Spanish Civil War

[Claremonster]

The instant of death-Photo from the Spanish Civil War

Death of a Loyalist Soldier. Good call.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2408/1805926540_0158d90259.jpg?v=0

[PatsFanLisa]

Destruction of the Berlin Wall

http://www.charleslipson.com/Images/Breaking-down-Berlin-Wall-1989.jpg

[RoadGrader]

Why don't we have any pics of glory and triumph. I can't think of any myself or I'd post em. :shrug::archive:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/AliListonSI.jpg

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/lunar-landing-1a.jpg

[Claremonster]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2509748392_6b5a5c2f93.jpg?v=0

[RoadGrader]

more glory & triumph :archive:


http://images.artnet.com/artwork_images_424079904_183792_-hollywoodphotographers.jpg

[mikiemo83]

more glory & triumph :archive:


http://images.artnet.com/artwork_images_424079904_183792_-hollywoodphotographers.jpgman I am waiting for the lego version of this one

[JD10367]

Destruction of the Berlin Wall

http://www.charleslipson.com/Images/Breaking-down-Berlin-Wall-1989.jpg

I have a small piece of it somewhere, about the size of a teacup saucer. It's got paint on one side so I can only assume it was from the West Berlin side. When the wall came down, some philanthropist in Syracuse bought an entire slab of wall (probably around 8 foot by 4 foot or something) and donated it to the science museum. They used to keep it out back, in a chain-link fenced-in area, but no one even knew what it was 'cause they didn't have any signs on it. Anyway, they also had a box of "rubble" (bits and pieces off the edge) so I snagged one.

[Mr. Happy Sock]

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r16/ff144/peytonchokes.jpg