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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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Unión 2 and Errabundeo Cordoba 7. Nude in a landscape color photo
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Errabundeo Series Though each love is experienced as unique and though the subject rejects the notion of repeating it elsewhere later on, he sometimes discovers in himself a kind of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Absolut: Toño. From The series Guerreros. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From The series Guerreros One-of-a-kind Photomontage on archival paper Unframed The root of these unique photographic works by the artist Celso Castro occurred when the artist retur...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Paper

Monocled Miss (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Monocled Miss (1964) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Renata Boeck enjoying breakfast in bed at the Regency Hotel, New York, 1964. Add...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Led Zeppelin #D2 Robert Plant
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Photo of Robert Plant striking one of his famous pose fronting Led Zeppelin at the Forum in 1973. About The Print: Archival pigment print on 100% cotton paper with a satin baryta fi...
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1970s Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Steps - underwater photograph - print on paper 21" x 18"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A light and very becoming underwater photograph of a girl walking down the steps of a swimming pool. The light blue photograph shows no swimsuit neither nudity. The crystalline wate...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Top of the Cliffs - single Person - England - minimalist landscape photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Top of the Cliffs Study 1 - England - no. 21378 >> Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. >> Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. >> Certificate of authenticity include...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

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