Famous Images...Look Again

Meanderer

Meanderer

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They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but it still seems somewhat lazy that writers haven't bothered telling us the amazing stories behind some of the most famous photographs of all time.
http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_535_21-mind-blowing-true-backstories-famous-images_p3/



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Cracked used to be - and once in a while still is - an enjoyable site, but you can't always take their writers' research as gospel.

For example - the picture taken at Kittyhawk was NOT the first picture ever taken - that was taken from a Parisian rooftop in 1826.

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SifuPhil said:
Cracked used to be - and once in a while still is - an enjoyable site, but you can't always take their writers' research as gospel.

For example - the picture taken at Kittyhawk was NOT the first picture ever taken - that was taken from a Parisian rooftop in 1826.

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I got the impression they meant it was the first time the operator had ever used a camera.
 

Oh If I recall, circa 1950. My father was a medical photographer who did a lot of work for Parke-Davis.
Yousuf Karsh, Who lived in Ottawa came down to photograph the president (Karsh's specialty) of The Parke-Davis corp.
However his lights (strobe lights) didn't work. So the guys @ P-D told him that THEIR special photographer was within a short distance and to go see him.
Which he did. My dad helped him get his lights working properly. Then Karsh took a few test shots of my dad to make sure everything was working properly;
HENCE...The picture of my father. BTW, Karsh died several years ago.
 
Quite a neat story John! Thanks. The link in my previous post shows a picture of Karsh, and that he died in 2002.
 

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