21 Little-Known Backstories To Famous Photos

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but it still seems somewhat lazy that writers haven't bothered telling us the amazing stories behind some of the most famous photographs of all time. We remedy that situation ...
21 Little-Known Backstories To Famous Photos

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but it still seems somewhat lazy that writers haven't bothered telling us the amazing stories behind some of the most famous photographs of all time. We asked you to right that wrong. The winners is below, but first the runners up ...

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Photographer Annie Leibovitz has said the original concept for the now legendary John Lennon and Yoko Ono Rolling Stone cover was for both to appear N
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21 Little-Known Backstories To Famous Photos
Kevin Carter took this photo in March 1993 depicting the 1993 famine in Sudan. He was later criticized for taking the 20 minutes to set up and take th
21 Little-Known Backstories To Famous Photos
The Wright brothers first powered flight kinda went to their heads a bit. They somehow got the idea that the sky was theirs. Literally. The brothers l
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On December 30, 1941, Winston Churchill spoke to the Canadian Parliament. A photo session had been arranged for after his speech. Unaware of this, an
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Despite theV Day Kiss photo's symbolization of the overwhelming joy felt afterthe end of WWIL, the participants In the photo, Greta Zimmer Friedman

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