Iconic Photo

Hello bloggers! My class has been busy learning about iconic photos and their impact on the world.  For this assignment, each student randomly picked an iconic photo from Life Magazine and was given the task to learn about the photographer, the location, the subjects, and why it is considered iconic.  As you may have guessed, the photo above is the one I was given.  From this assignment I learned about the Birmingham Protest for Civil Rights and African American rights.  The subjects in this photo are high school kids who were involved in the protesting and are being hit with a high pressure water hose.  The use of a water hose as a weapon in symbolic of dispersing and ridding the area of the African Americans.  This photo was taken by Charles Moore in 1963.  After all this happened and this photo was released, the municipal government was pressured into changing the city's discrimination laws into being more fail and equal.  This photo is considered iconic because it showed people the unfair treatment of African Americans and people started believing it needed to stop.  Each student did a presentation on their photo.  Some other photos that really stood out to me and opened by eyes included the photo of the 6 soldiers raising the flag at the battle of Iwo Jima, the Afghan Girl photo, and photo taken by Kevin Carter of the famine struck child next to the bird.  

I had already seen this photo before many times, but learning more about it was so interesting and eye-opening.  It is such an incredible picture capturing the strength of America and the courage of our soldiers.  This photo definitely deserves to be called an iconic photo.

I had never seen this photo before, but it was so interesting to learn of the story behind those incredible eyes.  This is a 12 year old Afghan girl.  This photo is a symbol of the conflict going on during the war in Afghanistan.  

This photo is very famous for the controversy with hunger and the starvation of children.  This photo was taken by Kevin Carter in 1993 and really sparked a lot of conflict on why he did not do anything to help the child get to the food and water only a short distance away.  This photo is very emotional and is known to be very ethically controversial.