Posts Tagged ‘Getty Images’

Photos worth spreading

Friday, May 28th, 2010

One of  my favourite things on the web are the TED Talks. The cover an amazing range of subjects from biology over conducting   to comedy to name a few. In this presentation Jonathan Klein, director of Getty Images, talks about photos that changed the world. Many of them are images are very iconic, single images that almost single handedly defined an event or an incident. As an exception to this, his presentation includes a picture of one of the most photographed woman in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti.  Melancholicly, I have to say to myself that the times of Eddie Adams are over