Archives for July, 2009

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26th July 2009 · Art, People, Photography

Portraits of the most Iconic people of all time

kurtcobain Portraits of the most Iconic people of all time

Webdesigner Depot recently published this post with over 100 portraits of the most iconic people of all time (or the most iconic images of all time – depending on how you look at it ).

The images are large and clear and many are stunning.

What is also interesting, are the comments, which had to be closed due to the intense debate on who should (or shouldn’t) have made the list.

Check it out.

26th July 2009 · Featured, Highlights, People

Evelyn McHale – The Saddest Photograph

3511411956 2605baf3b8 o Evelyn McHale The Saddest Photograph

This photograph is of Evelyn McHale. On the 1st May 1947 she jumped 86 floors from the top of the Empire State Building. She was 23 years old.

On the ground below, a photography student named Robert Wiles managed to capture the scene minutes after her body landed on top of a parked limousine.

You can read the story behind the photograph here.