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02-22-07, 02:37 AM
Some Unforgettable Moments captured in frame (http://azoosdailymusings.blogspot.com/2007/02/some-unforgettable-moments-captured-in.html)
“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have
caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you
have forgotten everything.”
This post is based on some rare eye touching photographs captured in lense, some of these will definitely bring tears to your eyes.
Detail description of each photographs can be found at the bottom of the photos.
A collection of all 20 photos can be downlaoded here (download link has been removed due to copyrights).
http://bp3.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds15ZQpC8I/AAAAAAAAAOI/syJE8pOlVqQ/s200/image001.jpg 1. 1957. The first day of Dorothy Counts at the Harry Harding High School in the United States . Counts was one of the first black students admitted in the school, and she was no longer able to stand the harassments after 4 days.
http://bp1.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds2Q5QpC9I/AAAAAAAAAOQ/NkeCv_zuBR0/s200/image002.jpg 2. January 12, 1960. A second before the Japanese Socialist Party leader Asanuma was murdered by an opponent student.
http://bp2.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds3BJQpC-I/AAAAAAAAAOY/HGlcSdP4knI/s200/image003.jpg 3. 1963. Thich Quang Duc, the Buddhist priest in Southern Vietnam , burns himself to death protesting the government's torture policy against priests. Thich Quang Dug never made a sound or moved while he was burning.
http://bp1.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds315QpC_I/AAAAAAAAAOg/31rIkmOQVIg/s200/image004.jpg 4. 1962. A soldier shot by a sniper hangs onto a priest in his last moments.
http://bp3.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds4MZQpDAI/AAAAAAAAAOo/6pSN2ScQiNg/s200/image005.jpg 5. 1965. A mom and her children try to cross the river in South Vietnam in an attempt to run away from the American bombs.
http://bp0.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds4UpQpDBI/AAAAAAAAAOw/SIOmCO1REl0/s200/image006.jpg 6. 1966. U.S. troops in South Vietnam are dragging a dead Vietkong soldier.
http://bp3.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds49ZQpDCI/AAAAAAAAAO4/VsqjjTtZxPo/s200/image007.jpg
7. February 1, 1968. South Vietnam police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan shots a young man, whom he suspects to be a Viet Kong soldier.
http://bp2.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds5EJQpDDI/AAAAAAAAAPA/mVDJVsrL620/s200/image008.jpg 8. 1973. A few seconds before Chile 's elected president Salvador Allende is dead during the coup.
http://bp2.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds5RJQpDEI/AAAAAAAAAPI/jOZCSxXMsIY/s200/image009.jpg
9. 1975. A woman and a girl falling down after the fire escape collapses.
http://bp2.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds5kJQpDFI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/wWIwfufJORw/s200/image010.jpg 10. 1980. A kid in Uganda about to die of hunger, and a missionaire.http://bp0.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds5ppQpDGI/AAAAAAAAAPY/JBDrZXO-D9w/s200/image011.jpg 11. February 23, 1981. Colonel Molina ve military police seizes the Parliament building in Spain . The photographer did not expect the scene, and hid the films in his shoe.
Correction: One of my reader Marcos Ninja corrected that it is not Col Molina but Lieutenant Colonel Tejero from the Civil Guard. Thanks for correcting this.
http://bp3.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds57ZQpDHI/AAAAAAAAAPg/uK2O5CEDi8M/s200/image012.jpg 12. 1982. Palestinian refugees murdered in Beirut , Lebanon .
http://bp1.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds6E5QpDII/AAAAAAAAAPo/sm8aYJ-UYPI/s200/image013.jpg
13. 1987. A mother in South Korea apologizes and asks for forgiveness for his son who was arrested after attending a protest. He was protesting the alleged manipulations in the general elections.
http://bp1.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds6M5QpDJI/AAAAAAAAAPw/8Xu4kWzgpwY/s200/image014.jpg 14. 1989. A young man in China stands before the tanks during protests for democratic reforms.http://bp0.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds7OpQpDKI/AAAAAAAAAP4/WOsTBrotPC4/s200/image015.jpg
15. 1992. A mother in Somalia holds the body of her child who died of hunger.
http://bp3.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds7bZQpDLI/AAAAAAAAAQA/iSkbNtw3b_8/s200/image016.jpg
16. 1994. A man who was tortured by the soldiers since he was suspected to have spoken with the Tutsi rebels.
http://bp0.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds7jpQpDMI/AAAAAAAAAQI/2iwvYsh91NE/s200/image017.jpg
17. 1996. Kids who are shocked by the civil war in Angola .
http://bp3.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds7pZQpDNI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/ugECi53gfbw/s200/image018.jpg
18. 2001. An Afghani refugee kid's body is being prepared for the funeral in Pakistan .
http://bp0.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds7wpQpDOI/AAAAAAAAAQY/46Uj-pwGTUE/s200/image019.jpg
19. 2002. Soldiers and villagers in IRan are digging graves for the victims of the earthquake. A kid holds his father's pants before he is buried.
http://bp0.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds76pQpDPI/AAAAAAAAAQg/k5bT5SDVpUU/s200/image020.jpg
20. 2003. An Iraqi prisoner of war tries to calm down his child.
IMPORTANT: I do not have an idea of the owner of each photographs and whether these are copyrighted. If any body knows about it then please let me know in the comment section.
Update: One of my reader Mr Bert Q informed about the copyright of the photos. So I would like to say that the copyright of these photographs are exclusively held by the respective photographers. A detail description and source of the photos can be viewed here (http://www.worldpressphoto.com/index.php?option=com_photogallery&task=blogsection&id=15&Itemid=115&bandwidth=high).
sourcehttp://azoosdailymusings.blogspot.com/2007/02/some-unforgettable-moments-captured-in.html
“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have
caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you
have forgotten everything.”
This post is based on some rare eye touching photographs captured in lense, some of these will definitely bring tears to your eyes.
Detail description of each photographs can be found at the bottom of the photos.
A collection of all 20 photos can be downlaoded here (download link has been removed due to copyrights).
http://bp3.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds15ZQpC8I/AAAAAAAAAOI/syJE8pOlVqQ/s200/image001.jpg 1. 1957. The first day of Dorothy Counts at the Harry Harding High School in the United States . Counts was one of the first black students admitted in the school, and she was no longer able to stand the harassments after 4 days.
http://bp1.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds2Q5QpC9I/AAAAAAAAAOQ/NkeCv_zuBR0/s200/image002.jpg 2. January 12, 1960. A second before the Japanese Socialist Party leader Asanuma was murdered by an opponent student.
http://bp2.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds3BJQpC-I/AAAAAAAAAOY/HGlcSdP4knI/s200/image003.jpg 3. 1963. Thich Quang Duc, the Buddhist priest in Southern Vietnam , burns himself to death protesting the government's torture policy against priests. Thich Quang Dug never made a sound or moved while he was burning.
http://bp1.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds315QpC_I/AAAAAAAAAOg/31rIkmOQVIg/s200/image004.jpg 4. 1962. A soldier shot by a sniper hangs onto a priest in his last moments.
http://bp3.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds4MZQpDAI/AAAAAAAAAOo/6pSN2ScQiNg/s200/image005.jpg 5. 1965. A mom and her children try to cross the river in South Vietnam in an attempt to run away from the American bombs.
http://bp0.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds4UpQpDBI/AAAAAAAAAOw/SIOmCO1REl0/s200/image006.jpg 6. 1966. U.S. troops in South Vietnam are dragging a dead Vietkong soldier.
http://bp3.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds49ZQpDCI/AAAAAAAAAO4/VsqjjTtZxPo/s200/image007.jpg
7. February 1, 1968. South Vietnam police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan shots a young man, whom he suspects to be a Viet Kong soldier.
http://bp2.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds5EJQpDDI/AAAAAAAAAPA/mVDJVsrL620/s200/image008.jpg 8. 1973. A few seconds before Chile 's elected president Salvador Allende is dead during the coup.
http://bp2.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds5RJQpDEI/AAAAAAAAAPI/jOZCSxXMsIY/s200/image009.jpg
9. 1975. A woman and a girl falling down after the fire escape collapses.
http://bp2.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds5kJQpDFI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/wWIwfufJORw/s200/image010.jpg 10. 1980. A kid in Uganda about to die of hunger, and a missionaire.http://bp0.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds5ppQpDGI/AAAAAAAAAPY/JBDrZXO-D9w/s200/image011.jpg 11. February 23, 1981. Colonel Molina ve military police seizes the Parliament building in Spain . The photographer did not expect the scene, and hid the films in his shoe.
Correction: One of my reader Marcos Ninja corrected that it is not Col Molina but Lieutenant Colonel Tejero from the Civil Guard. Thanks for correcting this.
http://bp3.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds57ZQpDHI/AAAAAAAAAPg/uK2O5CEDi8M/s200/image012.jpg 12. 1982. Palestinian refugees murdered in Beirut , Lebanon .
http://bp1.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds6E5QpDII/AAAAAAAAAPo/sm8aYJ-UYPI/s200/image013.jpg
13. 1987. A mother in South Korea apologizes and asks for forgiveness for his son who was arrested after attending a protest. He was protesting the alleged manipulations in the general elections.
http://bp1.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds6M5QpDJI/AAAAAAAAAPw/8Xu4kWzgpwY/s200/image014.jpg 14. 1989. A young man in China stands before the tanks during protests for democratic reforms.http://bp0.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds7OpQpDKI/AAAAAAAAAP4/WOsTBrotPC4/s200/image015.jpg
15. 1992. A mother in Somalia holds the body of her child who died of hunger.
http://bp3.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds7bZQpDLI/AAAAAAAAAQA/iSkbNtw3b_8/s200/image016.jpg
16. 1994. A man who was tortured by the soldiers since he was suspected to have spoken with the Tutsi rebels.
http://bp0.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds7jpQpDMI/AAAAAAAAAQI/2iwvYsh91NE/s200/image017.jpg
17. 1996. Kids who are shocked by the civil war in Angola .
http://bp3.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds7pZQpDNI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/ugECi53gfbw/s200/image018.jpg
18. 2001. An Afghani refugee kid's body is being prepared for the funeral in Pakistan .
http://bp0.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds7wpQpDOI/AAAAAAAAAQY/46Uj-pwGTUE/s200/image019.jpg
19. 2002. Soldiers and villagers in IRan are digging graves for the victims of the earthquake. A kid holds his father's pants before he is buried.
http://bp0.blogger.com/_f1WRF_GvrRQ/Rds76pQpDPI/AAAAAAAAAQg/k5bT5SDVpUU/s200/image020.jpg
20. 2003. An Iraqi prisoner of war tries to calm down his child.
IMPORTANT: I do not have an idea of the owner of each photographs and whether these are copyrighted. If any body knows about it then please let me know in the comment section.
Update: One of my reader Mr Bert Q informed about the copyright of the photos. So I would like to say that the copyright of these photographs are exclusively held by the respective photographers. A detail description and source of the photos can be viewed here (http://www.worldpressphoto.com/index.php?option=com_photogallery&task=blogsection&id=15&Itemid=115&bandwidth=high).
sourcehttp://azoosdailymusings.blogspot.com/2007/02/some-unforgettable-moments-captured-in.html