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But it's not particularly a perfect timeline of history, if I were to do a book of photographs that recorded a timeline of history, there would be some Pulitzer winners that would not be in there and there would be some that would be.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Pictures are a combination of serendipity, instinct and experience, of course a good photographer has all of these things going for him.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
This picture never fails to draw a gasp, the picture itself is the news; it shows that dramatic moment between life and death.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The horror of war, that photo will always be a symbol of that concept.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
He came alongside the stage and he put his camera on stage ... and he kind of blindly shot the picture, it's one of those vignettes ... an oddity that caught the eye of the editors.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The most surprising thing to me is... that even today there are many people who believe that the picture was posed, it still comes up over and over again.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Like any good, experienced and talented photographer, there's a sense of anticipation and a sense of shooting a picture at peak action -- and Joe got it, you couldn't have captured the action at a better peak. A moment earlier, and the flag would have been too low. If it had been a second later, the flag's staff would have been straight up and the photo wouldn't have had that strong diagonal line.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's exquisite, you have this strong, diagonal line made by the flag staff. You have the flag snapping in the breeze. You have the pyramid-like shape of the Marines pushing the flag up. The men obviously are separate, but they appear as one. The blank background enhances the action by providing no distractions. Also, the photo is gifted with a softly filtered light. A very thin haze of clouds filters the light so that the shadows aren't harsh, but there is detail in all the shadows on the uniforms and the flag.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
There's just no comparison, i mean, we're talking about the difference between diamonds and glass.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
They came to the conclusion that the picture was not posed, it was an authentic news picture of the second flag being raised.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Louis Lowery said it was an honest-to-God picture and they remained friends, in fact, Joe attended Lou Lowery's funeral when he died.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
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