If you’ve ever wondered if video will replace photography just look at the 45 Of The Most Powerful Photographs. I know the trend at the moment revolves around shooting video but let us not forget the power of a still image. Last month, CNN announced it was laying off photojournalists because it could now depend on user-generated content. Yes, it’s true that there are more people with camera’s today than ever before, but what CNN will soon learn is that it takes a trained photojournalist to capture consistently powerful images.
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1- Arizona
A monstrous dust storm (Haboob) roared through Phoenix, Arizona in July.
Source: dbryant
2- Alabama
A mother comforts her son in Concord, Alabama, near his house which was completely destroyed by a tornado in April.
(AP / Jeff Roberts)
3- Chicago
Cars are abandoned on Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive during the “Snowpocalypse” in February.
Source: chicagotribune.com
4- Kenya
Mihag Gedi Farah, a seven-month-old child, is held by his mother in a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee in the town of Dadaab, Kenya. The baby has since made a full recovery.
(AP / Schalk Van Zuydam)
5- Tsunami in Japan
This sightseeing boat, Hama Yuri, was pulled 1300 feet from the coast and somehow balanced itself on a two story house during the tsunami in Japan.
6- World Trade Center
Two lights from the former site of the World Trade Centers shine for the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
(Reuters / GARY HERSHORN)
7- Utoya Island
Friends and loved ones gather at the Oslo cathedral to mourn 93 victims killed in twin terror attacks from a bombing in downtown Oslo and a mass shooting on Utoya island on July 22.
(Getty Images / Paula Bronstein)
8- Earthquake
A woman cries while sitting on a road amid the destroyed city of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan after the massive earthquake and tsunami.
(Reuters / ASAHI SHIMBUN)
9- Kenya-Somalia
An aid worker using an iPad captures an image of a dead cow’s decomposing carcass in Wajir near the Kenya-Somalia border on July 23.
(Reuters / STRINGER)
10- Afghanistan
A U.S. Army soldier takes five with an Afghan boy during a patrol in Pul-e Alam, a town in Logar province, eastern Afghanistan.
(Reuters / Umit Bektas)
11- Golden Gun
A Libyan rebel is pictured with Gadhafi’s golden gun.
(Getty Images / Philippe Desmazes)
12- Ugandan
Police spray Ugandan opposition party leaders with colored water during demonstrations in the capital Kampala on May 10.
(Reuters / James Akena)
13- New Zealand
Office workers look for a way out of a high rise building in central Christchurch, New Zealand on February 22. A strong earthquake killed at least 180 people.
(Reuters / Simon Baker)
14- Washington, D.C
Office workers gather on the sidewalk in downtown Washington, D.C., moments after a 5.9-magnitude earthquake shook the nation’s capital. The earthquake was centered northwest of Richmond, Va., but could be felt from North Carolina to Massachusetts.
(AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
15- British Columbia
Australian Scott Jones kisses his Canadian girlfriend Alex Thomas after she was knocked to the ground by a police officer’s riot shield in Vancouver, British Columbia. Canadians rioted after the Vancouver Canucks lost the Stanley Cup to the Boston Bruins.
(Getty Images / Rich Lam)
16- Middle East
Facebook played an extremely important role in the uprisings throughout the Middle East.
Source: theatlanticwire.com
17- University of California
A University of California Davis police officer pepper-sprays students during their sit-in at an “Occupy UCD” demonstration in Davis, California.
(Jasna Hodzic)
18- Japanese Tsunami
An aerial shot of the damage immediately following the Japanese tsunami.
(Reuters / KYODO)
19- 9/11 Memorial
Robert Peraza, who lost his son Robert David Peraza in 9/11, pauses at his son’s name at the North Pool of the 9/11 Memorial.
(Getty Images / Justin Lane)
20- Tsunami
A whirpool forms off the Japanese coast after the tsunami on March 11.
(Reuters / Kyodo )
21- White House
Members of the national security team receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House on May 1.
(Reuters / HANDOUT)
22- New York
Phyllis Siegel, 76, left, and Connie Kopelov, 84, both of New York, embrace after becoming the first same-sex couple to get married at the Manhattan City Clerk’s office.
(Getty Images / STAN HONDA)
23- Baku Policeman
A policeman detains an opposition activist in Baku on March 12. Azerbaijan police detained more than 30 activists of the opposition Musavat Party when its members took to the street of Baku to protest against the ruling elite following a similar rally a day before.
(Reuters)
24- Occupy Portland
A protester gets sprayed in the face with pepper spray at an Occupy Portland protest.
(Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian)
25- Egypt
Christians protect Muslims during prayer in Cairo, Egypt.
Source: @NevineZaki
26- China Bride
A distressed bride attempts suicide in China after her fiance abruptly called off their marriage. Still in her wedding gown, she tried to kill herself by jumping out of a window of a seventh floor building. Right as she jumped, a man managed to catch and save her.
(Reuters / CHINA DAILY)
27- Bangkok
A woman hangs onto a street sign in chest deep water along the flooded streets in Rangsit on the outskirts of Bangkok on October 24.
(Getty Images / Paula Bronstein)
28- Wall Street
A phone hangs off the hook on Wall Street.
(Reuters / LUCAS JACKSON)
29- Police Officer in Chile
A student is punched in the face by a police officer in Chile. Students in Chile are demanding a new framework for education.
(Reuters / VICTOR RUIZ CABALLERO)
30- London
A woman jumps from a burning building during the London riots in August.
(Amy Weston / WENN.com)
31- Amy Winehouse in London
Flowers and tributes are seen outside the home of Amy Winehouse in London on July 24.
(Reuters / STEFAN WERMUTH)
32- Hong Kong
A boy looks at a figure of Steve Jobs next to flowers laid in his tribute at an Apple store in Hong Kong, China.
(AP / Kin Cheung)
33- Firefighters
Firefighters of Ladder Company 4 — which lost seven men on 9/11 — perched together on their aerial ladder, watching a news bulletin in Times Square declaring that Osama bin Laden was dead on May 2.
Source: lens.blogs.nytimes.com
34- Japan Radiation
A girl in isolation for radiation screening looks at her dog through a window in Nihonmatsu, Japan on March 14.
(Reuters / Yuriko Nakao)
35- Tornado
A before and after shot of Joplin, Missouri after a massive tornado on May 22.
Source: zeitlosimagery
36- Missouri Tornado
A man sits in front of a destroyed apartment building following the Joplin, Missouri tornado.
(Reuters)
37- Australia
Chile’s Puyehue volcano erupts, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia and forcing over 3,000 people to evacuate.
(Reuters)
38- American Soldiers
Slain Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson’s dog “Hawkeye” lies next to his casket during funeral services in Rockford, Iowa. Tumilson was one of 30 American soldiers killed in Afghanistan on August 6 when their helicopter was shot down during a mission to help fellow troops who had come under fire.
39- Washington
84-year-old Dorli Rainey was pepper sprayed during a peaceful march in Seattle, Washington. She would have been thrown to the ground and trampled, but luckily a fellow protester and Iraq vet was there to save her.
(Joshua Trujillo / seattlepi.com)
40- Hurricane Irene
Hurricane Irene approaches the east coast.
41- Cottage
Billy Stinson comforts his daughter Erin Stinson as they sit on the steps where their cottage once stood on August 28 in Nags Head, N.C. The cottage, built in 1903 and destroyed by Hurricane Irene, was one of the first vacation cottages built on Albemarle Sound in Nags Head.
(Getty Images / Scott Olson)
42- Brussels
A demonstrator shows his bottom to riot police during a protest by European workers and trade union representatives to demand better job protection in the European Union countries in Brussels on March 24.
(Reuters / Thierry Roge)
43- Benghazi
A woman rebel fighter supporter fires an AK-47 rifle as she reacts to the news of the withdrawal of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces from Benghazi on March 19.
(Reuters / GORAN TOMASEVIC)
44- End of the World
Harold Camping speaks about the end of the world. The world was supposed to end on May 22 of this year.
(AP / Marcio Jose Sanchez)
45- US Gay
US gay service members march in a gay pride parade for the first time ever.
(Getty Images / Sandy Huffaker)
December 21, 2012 1:05 am
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