They say a photograph can say a thousand words. But there is one thing that can impress and leave a lasting impression – the look in a photo. The eyes of the people in these 19 photos tell a whole story – perhaps that’s why these incredibly powerful photos have shaken the world!
- Dislike: 1933, the moment when Joseph Goebbels (a German politician and follower of Hitler) learns that the photographer is Jewish.
- Hate: a black girl goes to a white school after a law is passed to abolish the separate education of white and ‘black’ US citizens.
- Eyes that saw the nuclear explosion in Hiroshima
- A look of exhaustion: an American soldier released from a German prisoner-of-war camp. Germany, 1945.
- ‘Unchildren’s’ view: the son of a Syrian rebel, Aleppo
- A look of courage: Bibi Aisha, 18, from Afghanistan, ran away from her husband, a Taliban fighter, because of constant violence. Her nose and ears were cut off for running away.
- Agony: Omaira Sanchez, 13, from Colombia, trapped by debris after a debris flow. The girl was tried to be pulled out for three days and remained conscious. Photo taken before her death.
- Innocence: an African boy with an incredibly rare eye colour.
- Crazy look: a concussed soldier during the First World War, 1916. Concussion results in loss of judgement, to the point where a person cannot sleep, walk or speak.
- Amazement: born deaf, Harold Whittles hears for the first time with the aid of a hearing aid.
- Fear: police try to rescue a woman from a sinking car
- Acceptance: photo titled ‘The Last Jew of Vinnitsa’. 1941.
- Relief: surgeon after successful 23-hour heart transplant operation
- Discovery: Anna Fisher’s photo from the cover of Life magazine in 1985. In 1984, she became the first mother in space.
- ‘War is hell,’ an inscription on the helmet of an American soldier in Vietnam, 1965
- Curious looks: men in Papua New Guinea are shown for the first time how to use a condom
- Desperation: India’s homeless get free food
- Gratitude: 12-year-old Brazilian Diego Torquato plays the violin at the funeral of his teacher who helped lift him out of poverty.
- Staring at nothing: Italian pilot Antonio Metruccio after a battle that lasted 72 hours
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