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Origin of this article

This article was created following the discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 July 7#Category:Subjects of iconic photographs. The discussion was unsatisfactory in that it was assumed that all the photographs were of people and so renamed it Category:People notable for being the subject of a specific photograph. Someone then removed all the photos that were not portraits. Fortunately, I had kept a printout before these removals. Note: this is a list of articles about "iconic" photos (or articles about topics notable for having a notable photograph of them). It is not strictly a list of iconic photos. Articles about iconic photos that do not display the photo have not been included. Thincat (talk) 21:27, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Dogs attacking protester in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963

Does File:Birmingham campaign dogs.jpg from Bill Hudson (photographer) qualify? (Hohum @) 15:31, 2 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Too much US centered

Hi, This list is too much US centered. There are many more iconic pictures from other places not mentioned here. I am going to add a few. Regards, Yann (talk) 10:01, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Missing pictures

Hi, Here are some obvious omissions. Yann (talk) 10:51, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  1. Two pictures from the Apollo program are mentioned, but none of Apollo 11? Weird. Actually the most iconic may be File:Apollo 11 bootprint.jpg.
  2. No picture of Marilyn Monroe? I am not sure which one is the more iconic: [1] or [2]
  3. File:Einstein tongue.jpg
  4. Henri Cartier-Bresson | Man Jumping the Puddle | 1930
  5. Yousuf Karsh's iconic photo, Winston Churchill | 1941
  6. The Twin Towers in Fire
  7. Princess Diana?
  8. Martin Luther King
  9. Earthquake in Japan: [3]?
  10. Berlin Wall?
  11. Child in textile factory
  12. Atomic bomb (probably Nagasaki)
  13. Munich Massacre, Kurt Strumpf, 1972
I'd add this photo from the Kent State shootings:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings#/media/File:Kent_State_massacre.jpg99.14.151.89 (talk) 03:36, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I'm pretty sure Bliss (image) is also a pretty good candidate to be added, just based on sheer exposure alone. (Also, user above forgot to indent his reply, fixed that) 73.161.63.150 (talk) 00:08, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Lenna is an obvious omission. SteveBaker (talk) 22:22, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Genre

Hi, Something is wrong with the genre. How could refugees, disasters, and construction workers could be in the same category as Jayne Mansfield-Sophia Loren photo and Tennis Girl? I suggest making a new category "Celebrities and Fashion". Regards, Yann (talk) 15:43, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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