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What is the most famous photo ever taken?

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What is the most famous photo ever taken?
What the most famous photo ever taken is is open to debate. However, several photographs that are highly recognizable and widely known could be contenders for the title. Among them are V-J Day in Times Square by Alfred Eisenstaedt, The Burning Monk by Malcolm Browne, Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange, Tank Man by Jeff Widener, Earthrise by William Anders, Guerrillero Heroico by Alberto Korda and Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima by Joe Rosenthal. On 1stDibs, explore a collection of photography.
1stDibs ExpertJanuary 19, 2025
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Gondola, San Giorgio Maggiore - panorama citsycape - Venice - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color cityscape panorama photo. Gondolas docked along a pier with blurred motion, against foggy San Giorgio Maggiore in the back. Archival pigment ink print as p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

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Digital Pigment

Diptych: Aventure d une libertine XX and XXI. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
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1960s Modern Nude Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 48x47cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Untitled I and VIII, Diptych, From the Half Angels Half Demons series. Male Nude
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The angel is a being that religion has bequeathed us as a sign of purity, innocence, and goodness, from the same source, we have been sold to the devil as the form that represents ev...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Aventure d une libertine, 16 Photographs. From The Secret Album series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
Category

1960s Modern Nude Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Hoarfrosted Lonely Tree Frozen Field - black and white large scale landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Digital pigment ink print, edition of 5. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed with 4cm white border. International award win...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

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