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AndrewSep 13, 2004 at 2:43PM
While the photos on that page aren't necessarily meant to represent any sort of ranking, it seems odd to list a representation of the birth of photography below Betty Grable and the Marlboro Man.
RobertSep 13, 2004 at 2:50PM
Is it just me, or were there only 27 photos?
AndrewSep 13, 2004 at 2:54PM
It's a sample, Robert. They want you to buy the book.
jkottkeSep 13, 2004 at 3:34PM
27 is the new 100. (And yes, the online photos are only a teaser for the book. Sorry about the confusion.)
bonzoSep 13, 2004 at 3:53PM
While the photos on that page aren't necessarily meant to represent any sort of ranking, it seems odd to list a representation of the birth of photography below Betty Grable and the Marlboro Man.
Are you looking at the same Betty Grable as I am? That's one HOT momma.
: )
TatoSep 13, 2004 at 6:37PM
The image quality of pigeon house thing is almost as good as a mobile phone picture. Weird.
KaijimaSep 13, 2004 at 10:31PM
Every time I see the photograph from Tiananmen Square, I tear up. That guy, there with his grocery bags was for that day, Superman. I have to think that in 100 years, 300 years, or ten centuries from now, his image will still be one of the greatest symbols of bravery and the refusal to submit to tyranny.
Michael S.Sep 14, 2004 at 5:40AM
Actually, that Tiananmen caption ("... and blood would fill Tiananmen") is misleading given that there's very little evidence that anyone was killed there. e.g. http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-2317,00.html
John BSep 14, 2004 at 9:21AM
You're probably right, Michael, it should probably be "Beijing Massacre" (because whether or not they died in Tiananmen Square or in the surrounding area doesn't seem to to me to be the central fact of the issue), but it was a massacre nonetheless, and exactly where it happened makes the Tiananmen Tank Man photograph no less compelling.
This thread is closed to new comments. Thanks to everyone who responded.