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Patrick Witty

3 years

I took this photo twenty years ago on 9/11, just as the South Tower began to collapse. I’ve identified seven people in the photo. Please help find the rest. #911Anniversary

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2 years

The greatest protest photos of all time were taken 33 years ago today. On June 5, 1989, six (not four) photographers captured a lone protester facing down a column of tanks near #TiananmenSquare . This version of the“Tank Man” photo was made by @StuartAFranklin for @TIME ...🧵

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But this photo by Sin Wai Keung, which I was unaware of when I wrote the story in 2009, is just incredible. The scale is breathtaking - it feels like one man is taking on an entire army. I'll share more on this one in the future (working on a film 🙏🏻)... #TiananmenSquareMassacre

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8 years

Clearly the best #ObamaAndKids photo ever. By the one and only @petesouza

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Fifty years ago today @AP photographer Nick Ut made this photo of a young girl screaming in pain, fleeing a napalm attack in Vietnam. It is one of the defining moments of the Vietnam War. It is one of the defining moments of all wars. 🧵

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This version of "Tank Man" by @Terril_Jones , the only one made at ground level, was first published in 2009 after he saw my article on "Tank Man" in the @nytimes . He said he only took one photo before retreating from the tanks. I was speechless and so thankful he reached out. 🙏🏻

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I interviewed Stuart in 2009 for the @nytimes . He told me he shot the photo from the balcony of the Beijing Hotel and that his film was "smuggled out in a packet of tea by a French student and delivered to the @MagnumPhotos office in Paris." The contact sheet is fascinating:

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Jeff Widener, working for the @AP , shot his version from a lower position with an F3 and a 400/5.6 on Fuji 100 color neg. An American exchange student hid Jeff's film in his underwear and smuggled it out of the hotel. Of all versions, this one has probably been seen the most...

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The striking photo on the cover of Prince Harry's new book, SPARE, was made by @RAMONESROSALES . 👏🏻 #PrinceHarryMemoir

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2 years

Here is the uncropped version of Arthur's photo, which I prefer. There's so much more context and even the distracting parts of the frame add balance and tension...

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Charlie Cole was working for @Newsweek next to Stuart on the balcony. His version is much tighter (taken with a 300) and won @WorldPressPhoto . He hid the film in his hotel room, attaching it to the flush chain in the tank of the toilet. Sadly, Charlie died in 2019. RIP 🙏🏻

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I took this photo 12 years ago today, just as the South Tower collapsed. Help me identify the subjects. http://t.co/pddkHtmKP3

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RIP Robert Landsburg, who died 42 years ago today photographing the eruption of Mt. Saint Helens. Landsburg knew he wasn’t going to survive so he rewound the film into his camera to try and preserve the photos. They were published in the January 1981 issue of @NatGeo ...

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Arthur Tsang Hin Wah, working for @Reuters , shot this one. He told me in 2009, "When he ("Tank Man") came down, four or five people came out from the sidewalk and pulled him away. He disappeared forever."

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Terril, who was working as a reporter for the @AP in Beijing, told me he had only shown his "Tank Man" photo to friends before sharing it with us. I've circled "Tank Man" and the oncoming tank in this version:

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Lastly, here is a link to my original story on "Tank Man" for the @nytimes in 2009 which led to the discovery of Terril Jones' photo from ground level. Thanks for reading and sharing. 🙏🏻

Behind the Scenes: Tank Man of Tiananmen

It is what they call an iconic image: the tank man of Tiananmen Square. But there are actually four of them.

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10 years

So sad. RIP Robin Williams, photographed by Peter Hapak for @TIME in 2011. http://t.co/WrRixSvzZC http://t.co/IimfzdM7Ia

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On May 18, 1980, Richard “Dick” Lasher shot this epic photo of the eruption of Mount St. Helens. Lasher was forced to abandon his Pinto and flee the giant plume of ash on his motorcycle. Lasher survived. "It was my fifteen minutes of fame," he told me.

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Here are the three major US newspapers the following day, June 6, 1989, and how they used the iconic "Tank Man" photo from #TiananmenSquare . The @nytimes published Jeff Widener's photo at the top of Page One...

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8 years

The Washington Monument. Barely seen. #blizzard2016 #jonasblizzard

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However, @TIME did publish a cropped version of Stuart Franklin's "Tank Man" photo as a double truck in their June 19, 1989 issue... #TiananmenSquare

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Bravo to the @nytimes @MarisaStaylor and @carolrosenberg for publishing these photos of the first prisoners brought to Guantanamo Bay in 2002. This was taken by military photographer Michael W. Pendergrass. We should have seen these twenty years ago.

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The @latimes also used Jeff Widener's photo at the top of Page One. This is back when newspapers would only credit the news agency, not the photographer 👎🏻

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2 months

@jemelehill The student photographers at the @thedm_news nailed this moment too...bravo Maria Ramirez and Antonella Rescigno

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7 years

AMAZING first #SolarEclipse2017 photo from over the Pacific by @BabakTafreshi @natgeo #NatGeoEclipse

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2 years

Incredible. @Al_Drago and @somogettynews capture the exact same moment of Marjorie Taylor Greene on a call with "DT." 00:22 seconds in... #SpeakerVote

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The @washingtonpost used the "Tank Man" photo on the inside, not Page One (!!??), and published Arthur Tsang Hin Wah's version. They also used two video stills from the @AP .

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@TIME published a special edition on #TiananmenSquare June 19, 1989, but used an @abcnews video grab (have to assume that was a deadline issue):

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@TIME published the "Tank Man" photo again January 15, 2001 on their International Edition cover. This time they went with Jeff Widener's @AP photo (the light pole is cropped).

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1 year

5 years sober today. #odaat

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This isn't the first time Kate Middleton has been sloppy with Photoshop. She also took this photo of the late Queen and it's a mess. Cecil Beaton is spinning in his grave... #katespiracy #RoyalScandal

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Ramona also recently photographed Meghan Markle for @Variety . Beautiful palette. #PrinceHarryMemoir

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The @WorldPressPhoto of the Year by Mohammed Salem @msalem66 . There are no screaming faces, no smoke or rubble, no blood, no “Sensitive Content” labels — only pain.

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8 years

My favorite Kurt Cobain portrait, made by Mark Seliger for @RollingStone . He would have been 49 today.

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Photographer @coreyfishes used @instagram to find millennials in National Parks for our story @natgeo #NPS100

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The other is this photo, believed to be taken by a Boeing plant worker named Richard Lasher. A co-worker of Lasher's told @HemmingsNews that Lasher made the photo and barely escaped the cloud on his motorcycle (hitched to the back of his Pinto).

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Strikingly simple, revealing photo of Trump on the cover of @NYMag by @nytimes photographer Damon Winter. Wonder which came first, the headline or the photo? Either way, great cover @Olivianuzzi .

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I took this photo 11 years ago today, just as the South Tower began to collapse. Now trying to ID the subjects. http://t.co/wbCwBgpc

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Henri Cartier-Bresson photographed the #Coronation of King George VI in 1937, but ignored the King and captured the crowd instead. Greatness… #Coronation2023

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Kim Phuc also wrote this beautiful, important piece just published in the @nytimes . "It’s Been 50 Years. I Am Not ‘Napalm Girl’ Anymore."

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Also seen in the background there is @itn reporter Christopher Wain who, along with Nick Ut, helped Kim Phuc after the bombing. Cameraman Alan Downes, who died in 1996, filmed this footage of the aftermath (via @GettyImages )...

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Beautiful, haunting, portrait of #navalny by Martin Schoeller. RIP.

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Almost 70 years ago, 4-year-old King Charles III watched his mother's coronation at Westminster Abbey. The photographer is unknown, pity. #Coronation #CoronationWeekend

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There's no way the Princess of Wales did the "editing" herself. After lightening the image, you can clearly see the misalignment of a cut-and-pasted section on the photo. #KateMiddleton #PhotoGate

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Biblical photo taken this morning during cease-fire in #Kiev by @AP Sergei Grits, more @TIME http://t.co/35sM8Wt7Pj http://t.co/IIBC6jP90v

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@ChingteLai Few photographs are more recognizable, more evocative, or more symbolic. “Tank Man” not only embodies the historic Tiananmen Square protests, but also serves as symbol of defiance against oppression everywhere. Photo by Jeff Widener...

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Also, in my opinion, one of the most recognizable photos from the eruption of Mount St. Helens is by Roger Werth of the Longview (WA) @the_daily_news . The Daily News staff won the @PulitzerPrizes for their coverage of the story...

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Strong work from student photojournalists covering campus protests in the new @TIME , including this cover by James Schaap for the @gwhatchet

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Remembering Taslima Akhter's heartbreaking photo from the #RanaPlaza tragedy in Bangladesh. Her story @TIME

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There are two other photos from the eruption that stand out to me. The first is by United States Geological Survey @USGS photographer Robert Krimmel. I'm guessing on medium format. It's apocalyptic...

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There's also a stunning before and after of Mount St. Helens by Michael Lawton. He told @DiscoverMag had he been there on the day of the eruption he would've only had 7 minutes before being engulfed by ash. “Just enough time to pour one last drink.”

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@NatGeo One other photographer, Reid Blackburn of the Vancouver @thecolumbian , died that day. Blackburn set up radio-triggered cameras for the U.S. Geological Survey and @natgeo . Blackburn's ash-covered car can be seen at right in a photo by Ralph Perry...

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Congratulations to Mohammed Salem @msalem66 , winner of the @opcofamerica Olivier Rebbot Award for his photography from the Israel-Gaza War. This photo by Salem could be a statue, a war monument.

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The photo dept at the @nytimes bought several helmets for Bill over the years but he never wore one. Pure style. RIP

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On April 30, 1945, photographers Lee Miller and David Scherman were among the first to document the atrocities at the Dachau concentration camp. Later that evening, Miller, working for @voguemagazine , and Scherman, work for @LIFE , found sanctuary at an American command post in

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@ashtonpittman @StaceyJSpiehler The student photographers at the @thedm_news captured this too...great work Maria Ramirez and Antonella Rescigno

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@XVanFleet Few photographs are more recognizable, more evocative, or more symbolic. “Tank Man” not only embodies the historic Tiananmen Square protests, but also serves as symbol of defiance against oppression everywhere. Photo by Jeff Widener.

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Epic. WATER by @edwardburtynsky @WIRED http://t.co/2ZLi9alOe1 http://t.co/tAZNrKXy79

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10 years

Great interview with @dguttenfelder by @ryan_kathy on @Instagram and the "Second Camera" http://t.co/Hre84W8vwp

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@cbouzy Getty does this when they distribute footage they didn't create themselves, it doesn't mean it's fake or AI generated. Example: the exact same language is used on this editor's note on footage from the Key Bridge collapse.

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78 years ago today, the world’s first nuclear bomb was detonated in New Mexico. #ManhattanProject Physicists Julian Mack and Berlyn Brixner set up 52 cameras to document the historic test that was "brighter than a thousand suns." 🧵 #oppenheimer

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Wow, history from every angle. Stellar work from @andyharnik , @jabinbotsford , Greg Nash/ @thehill and @AnnaMoneymaker . Much respect for photographers on the Hill, one of the toughest gigs out there. #SpeakerVote

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The suitcase. Unbelievable. The Day MLK Was Assassinated, photos by Henry Groskinsky @LIFE http://t.co/7y7OPgBAlS http://t.co/S3XTgdU1Z9

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Love love this photo of Prince Louis by @lealolivas #TroopingTheColour

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@the_watcher @StuartAFranklin @TIME "The heroes of the tank picture are two: the unknown figure who risked his life by standing in front of the juggernaut, and the driver who rose to the moral challenge by refusing to mow down his compatriot." @PicoIyer

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Incredibly moving, never-before-seen photo from 9/11 by @RobertClarkFoto @NatGeoPhotos

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“Photojournalism is dead. We’ve become obsessed with glamour and gloss: footballers, narcissism and gossip. Nobody wants the pictures I used to take.” -Don McCullin

Don McCullin: ‘Photographing landscapes takes my mind off all I’ve seen. It’s healing’

The photojournalist, 87, tells Michael Segalov about his tough upbringing in Finsbury Park, early success, the pleasure of reading books in old age and the death of photojournalism

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This haunting photo by David F. Cupp also appears in the Jan. 1981 issue of @NatGeoMag . Echoes of 9/11...

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Magnificent portrait of astrophysicist Kip Thorne by Dan Winters @WIRED http://t.co/mfPtCFjrDv #WIRED2212 http://t.co/VKGM6e9pZe

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This was one of Tim Page's most heartbreaking and powerful photos from Vietnam - a boy mourning the loss of his sister, gunned down by US helicopters. This photo didn't appear in any of his obits yesterday.

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@DiscoverMag Damn, this is unbelievable...this photo in the Jan '81 @NatGeoMag of a National Guard helicopter searching for survivors of the Mount St. Helens eruption was taken by Ralph Perry. Perry died 5 years later in a helicopter crash while shooting a book for National Geographic.

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I love this photo of Steve Jobs by Diana Walker from 1982. Explore Jobs' stereo rig @WIRED http://t.co/FUxPNbPsTP http://t.co/HfVhQyBnrB

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A definitive photo from the Israel-Hamas War by Saher Alghorra.

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The girl in the picture, Phan Thi Kim Phuc, became known as "Napalm Girl". "I saw her skin coming off and I stopped taking pictures." Nick told @VanityFair . "I didn’t want her to die. I wanted to help her." Nick drove Kim Phuc to the hospital. (This is the uncropped version.)

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I'm forever thankful that I was able to talk to Malcolm back in 2011. He was gracious with his time despite the fact he'd just broken his neck and was suffering from Parkinson's. Malcolm died in 2012. RIP🙏🏻

Malcolm Browne: The Story Behind The Burning Monk

On the 50th anniversary of Quang Duc's self-immolation in 1963, LightBox presents an interview with Malcolm Browne, the Associated Press photographer who captured the now-iconic image.

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Nick's relationship with Kim Phuc is an inspiration. In May he and Kim Phuc presented a print of "The Terror of War" to Pope Francis. Thank you Nick, and thank you Kim Phuc. 🙏🏻

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One year ago the @nytimes published what is arguably the most graphic photo in their 171-year history. Bravely taken by @lynseyaddario , the image shows a Ukrainian woman, her two kids, and another man dead in the street, victims of a Russian mortar strike. #UkraineRussiaWar 🧵

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Nick shot the photo with a Leica M2 and a 35/2 on Tri-X. This is the original, hole-punched negative. Nick's older brother, Huynh Thanh My, was an @AP photographer killed in the war. Nick called him bảy, which means 7 in Vietnamese. His iconic image is frame number 7. Amazing.

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There are so many red flags in this photo from Kensington Palace. Surprised the wires would move it in the first place. #KateMiddleton #RoyalFamily

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The contact sheet from that horrible day, June 8, 1972...

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Why isn’t The New York Times or The Washington Post publishing this photo by @alijadallah66 of the victims of the Israeli attack on the World Central Kitchen workers?

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Awesome @WIRED cover by Art Streiber #MayThe4thBeWithYou #HappyStarWarsDay http://t.co/TXk14jxzuZ http://t.co/FnphGD2QTi

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Congratulations @JohnStanmeyer , @WorldPressPhoto of the year! More winning photos @TIME http://t.co/YhYvRg8tqD http://t.co/GlWXI2VwMG

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My mother, who is 83, received the new @WIRED sex issue yesterday and loves it. I had to explain the cover though. http://t.co/ojwfef4BFO

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The importance of photography. #Ferguson tear gas victim by @ericthayer . More photos @nytimes http://t.co/cUvAAPoluw http://t.co/lZK8mK7mpA

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And I'm sure a lot of people first saw Malcolm's iconic photo on the cover of Rage Against the Machine's debut album released on November 3, 1992. cc: @tmorello

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#Messi 𓃵 by @jabinbotsford , echoes of Maradona by @David_Yarrow . #FIFAWorldCup

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Congratulations to @EMaloletka , @EmilioMorenatti , @BernatArmangue , @felipedana , @RodrigoabdAbd , @NMofty , and @vghirda for winning the @PulitzerPrizes for spot news photography with their unparalleled coverage of the war in Ukraine. Bravo.

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Insane photo from #Kiev by @AFP @vasilymaximov @TIME http://t.co/35sM8Wt7Pj http://t.co/AdSkmXr52u

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Roger Werth's photo made the June 2, 1980 cover of @TIME ...

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This magnificent photo by Bert Hardy was taken during the Royal Wedding in 1947. After an hour of trying to figure out the identity of this woman who boldly broke through the police line to take a photo, I asked ChatGPT and had an answer in seconds...it's the legendary Jane Bown.

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More Bo, no selfies. White House photographer @petesouza on joining @instagram , @TIME http://t.co/9YwoT1KhVY

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Roger Werth's photo was also used on the May 2010 cover of National Geographic...

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Amazing. The Top 10 Photos of 2013 @TIME , featuring David Jenkins' great seal escape http://t.co/4wxFfqK5Cx http://t.co/0g2aKoDjmx

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A beautiful portrait of James Brady by Platon for the @NewYorker . RIP. http://t.co/MLGFYm451X http://t.co/3q1YoLfitl

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Nick Ut's photo of Kim Phuc, which he called "The Terror of War," won the @PulitzerPrizes for Breaking News Photography and was also named the @WorldPressPhoto of the year.

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The Top 10 Photos of 2013 @TIME , featuring @DanielEtterFoto 's viral image from Taksim Square http://t.co/4wxFfqK5Cx http://t.co/pLMrZc91y7

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