FamousPictures:About

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They’ve been called: Power Pictures, Cultural Snapshots or the defining images of our time. Everyone has seen them, but these images have been stripped of their stories. Often the actual events are forgotten and only the photo or image remains. Here at Famouspictures.org we will fill in the blanks and restore the thousand words.

Looking at the images on this page you recognize them but can you say:

• When was it taken?
• What are the events that led to the picture being taken?
• Who is that person in the picture?
• Why are they running?
• Who took it?

This website strives to answer these questions.

Famous pictures doesn't just restrict itself to any one subject, and we have various sections to cover all sorts of themes. From Wars, the Cultural Revolution of the 60’s and 70’s, Men and Women Pin-ups, Internet memes, Defining moments in history, even sports. Also, we don’t limit ourselves to just photographs either. The film clip of the JFK assassination is one of the most watched pieces of film in the world yet not many people could tell you who filmed it.

So please stop by often, help us out, if you know the story behind a picture then tell us!

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