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Shell-shocked soldier by Don McCullin, 1968

The photo above of a dazed American soldier, entitled Shellshocked US Marine would become the most well-known of McCullin's photos…

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Marilyn’s Last Sitting, 1962

In July 1962, 2571 photographs were taken across three sessions by Bert Stern for Vogue. These are last studio photos…

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Living with the Enemy, 1982

In 1982, Donna Ferrato was on assignment to photograph swingers for Playboy. She befriended Garth and Lisa, a polyamorous couple from…

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Poolside Gossip by Silm Aarons, 1970

Slim Aarons, a famous society photographer, shot an iconic photo in 1970 at the Kaufmann House in Palm Springs, a…

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Shanghai by Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1949

Henri Cartier-Bresson spent ten months in China in 1949. LIFE published 26 photos of his in a special report (A…

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Napalm Girl, 1972 | Contact Sheets

In 1972, this picture of a nine-year-old girl, Kim Phuc, fleeing her village after a napalm attack brought the Vietnam…

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Mount St. Helens, April 1980

At 8:27 a.m. on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens in the Pacific Northwest of the United States was 9,677…

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Marcel Duchamp Plays Chess, 1963

Iconic juxtaposition, of the nude bride and the bachelor Duchamp, of black and white pieces, of man and woman, young…

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The Boat of No Smiles, 1977 | Contact Sheets

Between 1975 and 1992, around two million people (nearly four percent of the country's population) fled Vietnam by boat to escape poverty,…

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Seville, 1933 by Henri Cartier-Bresson | Contact Sheets

In 1932, Henri Cartier-Bresson set out on a tour of Southern Europe and the Maghreb; this journey with his 35 mm Leica…

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