The 19 strongest photos that made history ! The power of the gaze

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!

  1. Dislike: 1933, the moment when Joseph Goebbels (a German politician and follower of Hitler) learns that the photographer is Jewish.
  1. 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.
  1. Eyes that saw the nuclear explosion in Hiroshima
  1. A look of exhaustion: an American soldier released from a German prisoner-of-war camp. Germany, 1945.
  1. ‘Unchildren’s’ view: the son of a Syrian rebel, Aleppo
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. Innocence: an African boy with an incredibly rare eye colour.
  1. 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.
  1. Amazement: born deaf, Harold Whittles hears for the first time with the aid of a hearing aid.
  1. Fear: police try to rescue a woman from a sinking car
  1. Acceptance: photo titled ‘The Last Jew of Vinnitsa’. 1941.
  1. Relief: surgeon after successful 23-hour heart transplant operation
  1. Discovery: Anna Fisher’s photo from the cover of Life magazine in 1985. In 1984, she became the first mother in space.
  1. ‘War is hell,’ an inscription on the helmet of an American soldier in Vietnam, 1965
  1. Curious looks: men in Papua New Guinea are shown for the first time how to use a condom
  1. Desperation: India’s homeless get free food
  1. Gratitude: 12-year-old Brazilian Diego Torquato plays the violin at the funeral of his teacher who helped lift him out of poverty.
  1. Staring at nothing: Italian pilot Antonio Metruccio after a battle that lasted 72 hours

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The 19 strongest photos that made history ! The power of the gaze
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