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We've all seen them. We all have them. The photos that stay with you, somehow speak with you. The photos that mean something special to you.

I thought it'd be a good time to share. I apologize if this thread shows up too often, as I'm sure it's been done before.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/JC_Denton/a836c355.jpg

This is a photo that will stay with me forever. She was a young woman who had just left her fiance. She left a note saying that she couldn't be a good wife, went to the Empire State Building, and jumped off the observation deck.

She looks so at peace, I have a hard time accepting that she's dead. She just seems like a young woman who's stopped for a rest - then you realize that she's never waking up. She looks at peace, but it's the peace that can only be found in the embrace of death. Should we envy her, or pity her? I have to say that I feel a bit of both.


Anyways, I hope the next post is something uplifting. Share, NS General posters! Share the photos that you hold dear.

I think this picture is somewhat uplifting:
http://www.indepundit.com/archive2/tank%20man.jpg
It shows the courage of the human spirit.

Maybe a bit overused but I don't think I'll ever forget it.

http://www.knowmore.org/images/thumb/9/9b/250px-Napalmgirl.jpg

Uplifting - right. Well, here's another I'll never forget.

http://www.seeing-stars.com/Museums/HHM/PeeWeeBike(small).jpg

I like this one.

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6003/soldier20kitty4oz.jpg

I like this one.

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6003/soldier20kitty4oz.jpg
OOH! OOH!
http://www.graswurzel.net/280/piss_soldier.jpg

We've all seen them. We all have them. The photos that stay with you, somehow speak with you. The photos that mean something special to you.

I thought it'd be a good time to share. I apologize if this thread shows up too often, as I'm sure it's been done before.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/JC_Denton/a836c355.jpg

This is a photo that will stay with me forever. She was a young woman who had just left her fiance. She left a note saying that she couldn't be a good wife, went to the Empire State Building, and jumped off the observation deck.

She looks so at peace, I have a hard time accepting that she's dead. She just seems like a young woman who's stopped for a rest - then you realize that she's never waking up. She looks at peace, but it's the peace that can only be found in the embrace of death. Should we envy her, or pity her? I have to say that I feel a bit of both.


Anyways, I hope the next post is something uplifting. Share, NS General posters! Share the photos that you hold dear.

I find that photo disturbing. :(

I think this picture is somewhat uplifting:
<tanks and dude>
It shows the courage of the human spirit.
Yes, everytime I see that picture I think of those brave soldiers who refused to be cowed by a bunch of unarmed civilians. The students may have had freedom and hope on their side, but the Soldiers moved in spite of the danger, having only flimsy tanks and machine guns to protect them from the sheer waves of idealism that pressed down on them.
*gets all teary-eyed and patriotic*

Yes, everytime I see that picture I think of those brave soldiers who refused to be cowed by a bunch of unarmed civilians. The students may have had freedom and hope on their side, but the Soldiers moved in spite of the danger, having only flimsy tanks and machine guns to protect them from the sheer waves of idealism that pressed down on them.
*gets all teary-eyed and patriotic*
LOL!
:D

I find that photo disturbing. :(

That's alright. It's not exactly the most joyous moment in human history.

I can't stop staring at it though. She has found such peace in death. Peace some of us have so much trouble finding.

I like this one.

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6003/soldier20kitty4oz.jpg

I like that one too. :)

Yes, everytime I see that picture I think of those brave soldiers who refused to be cowed by a bunch of unarmed civilians. The students may have had freedom and hope on their side, but the Soldiers moved in spite of the danger, having only flimsy tanks and machine guns to protect them from the sheer waves of idealism that pressed down on them.
*gets all teary-eyed and patriotic*
You're a fuckin' idiot.
See that man in front of the tank? He stood there, knowing that those tanks could easily crush him, but he blocked the tank column for a half hour at Tienanmen Square. He didn't have a gun, or a tank, he just had courage.

You're a fuckin' idiot.
See that man in front of the tank? He stood there, knowing that those tanks could easily crush him, but he blocked the tank column for a half hour at Tienanmen Square. He didn't have a gun, or a tank, he just had courage.
internet sarcasm

You're a fuckin' idiot.
See that man in front of the tank? He stood there, knowing that those tanks could easily crush him, but he blocked the tank column for a half hour at Tienanmen Square. He didn't have a gun, or a tank, he just had courage.
I cannot wait to see the look on your face when H N Fiddlebottoms VIII shows you just how wrong you are.

internet sarcasm
...Explain, please.
I thought his sarcasm was to mock my beliefs (and because he was a dumbass), but if he was joking about the whole thing, I apologize.

http://www.astro.czuby.net/photos/Ksiezyc_(55)/apollo%2011%20-%20earth%20from%20the%20moon.jpg

Taken by Bill Anders on Apollo 8, IIRC.

...Explain, please.
I thought his sarcasm was to mock my beliefs (and because he was a dumbass), but if he was joking about the whole thing, I apologize.
Well, maybe. But I'd take it in a better light.

http://whitesoxfans.mlblogs.com/photos/uncategorized/whitesoxwscelebration.jpg

http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9610/10/feynmen/challenger.explosion.lg.jpg
I am suprised nobody has posted a pic of 9/11.

This one is striking

http://s81.photobucket.com/albums/j209/voryvzakone/?action=view&current=r2717403561.jpg


and this one funny

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j209/voryvzakone/capt.jpg

Well, maybe. But I'd take it in a better light.
*Heart rate starting to lower, pupils contracting, adrenaline wearing off*
LNI not mad anymore...
Jingle-keys make LNI all better...

This one is striking

http://s81.photobucket.com/albums/j209/voryvzakone/?action=view&current=r2717403561.jpg


Wow, talk about playing too close to the fire.


and this one funny

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j209/voryvzakone/capt.jpg
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Awww siamese! :D

Ehhh...I dunno...The best I got is:
http://cache.jalopnik.com/cars/images/nanocar_2.jpg

You're a fuckin' idiot.
I love you, too, sweety, but lets save the pillow talk for later . . .
See that man in front of the tank? He stood there, knowing that those tanks could easily crush him, but he blocked the tank column for a half hour at Tienanmen Square.
Yeah, while he harrassed those poor soldiers. All they had were superior numbers and several tonnes of solid steel, but he merciless stood in the way of their God-given duties. That was half an hour filled with sheer terror for them. Just imagine it, that man could have burst out into a stirring speech about freedom at any moment.
And what if he'd leapt under their tank treads, eh? Do you have any idea how much time it takes to clean blood off those things?
He didn't have a gun, or a tank, he just had courage.
A most unfair advantage against the Army of China. How dare he call upon devices that those soldiers and their superiors had no knowledge of?

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/100best/images/multi1_main.jpg

I love you, too, sweety, but lets save the pillow talk for later . . .

Yeah, while he harrassed those poor soldiers. All they had were superior numbers and several tonnes of solid steel, but he merciless stood in the way of their God-given duties. That was half an hour filled with sheer terror for them. Just imagine it, that man could have burst out into a stirring speech about freedom at any moment.
And what if he'd leapt under their tank treads, eh? Do you have any idea how much time it takes to clean blood off those things?

A most unfair advantage against the Army of China. How dare he call upon devices that those soldiers and their superiors had no knowledge of?
Aww, I can't stay mad at you forever.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/100best/images/multi1_main.jpg

AAUUUGH! SHE"S STARING INTO MY SOOOOOOOULLLL! *Gkkh*
*dies*

AAUUUGH! SHE"S STARING INTO MY SOOOOOOOULLLL! *Gkkh*
*dies*

Noooooo!

Don't you die on me!

*does mouth to mouth*

Noooooo!

Don't you die on me!

*does mouth to mouth*
*takes picture*

Noooooo!

Don't you die on me!

*does mouth to mouth*

*gkk*
...
*wakes up*
Bleaugh...You haven't even bought me a drink yet. Hot chocolate please. Just, I dunno, mail it down to West Bloomfield in a thermos.

*takes picture*

Crap...>_> *calls in a hit on M3rc*

*gkk*
...
*wakes up*
Bleaugh...You haven't even bought me a drink yet. Hot chocolate please. Just, I dunno, mail it down to West Bloomfield in a thermos.

See? I est teh good revivaler!

*found lying dead in a pool of his own blood*

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/100best/images/multi1_main.jpg

Holy moly.

That must be a vampire.

Holy moly.

That must be a vampire.Just a girl. totally unforgetable.

*found lying dead in a pool of his own blood*
*comicly slips in said pool of blood*

Where did that sound effect come from?

*comicly slips in said pool of blood*

*sits on*

Muahahahahahahaha!

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/100best/images/multi1_main.jpg

The World Champion of Staring Contest.

*found lying dead in a pool of his own blood*

Figures. The 3 replacing the e totally ruined your abilities as a Merc.

I'd have to say anything from TIME magazine.

But, the pictures I take, are always nice to be proud of and think of.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/today/62617c71.jpg

This one will always be that special thing that makes me think about the future.. or the doctors office.. hell if I know..

Just a girl. totally unforgetable.

You are just under her spell, Mina.

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5qfaVmVEe.sAnhajzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=130daqdev/EXP=1147578458/**http%3a//www.juanr.com/images/work/local_news_stories/cypress_rescue_night.jpg

This picture is of the Oakland Cypress Freeway collapse as a result of the '89 earthquake in the Bay Area. My father did stock photography at the time and, although this is not an image he photographed, I chose it because I saw this first hand. I was still in high school and parents didn't want to leave me home alone for fear of another quake.

I stood to the side while my father took pictures. It was a terrifying sight to see cars smashed between the bridges like pancakes. I could hear people calling for help while rescuers worked to save them. I guess the thing that finally cemented this night in my brain forever was looking into an AC Transit bus that they were using for a morgue. Somewhere in my father's stash of images that he photographed that night is an image that I will never need to look at because, even when I close my eyes, I see it. A woman's leg stuck out from under a blanket and on top of her leg was a little red shoe. I knew it belonged to a very young child. It has haunted me ever since.

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5qfaVmVEe.sAnhajzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=130daqdev/EXP=1147578458/**http%3a//www.juanr.com/images/work/local_news_stories/cypress_rescue_night.jpg

This picture is of the Oakland Cypress Freeway collapse as a result of the '89 earthquake in the Bay Area. My father did stock photography at the time and, although this is not an image he photographed, I chose it because I saw this first hand. I was still in high school and parents didn't want to leave me home alone for fear of another quake.

I stood to the side while my father took pictures. It was a terrifying sight to see cars smashed between the bridges like pancakes. I could hear people calling for help while rescuers worked to save them. I guess the thing that finally cemented this night in my brain forever was looking into an AC Transit bus that they were using for a morgue. Somewhere in my father's stash of images that he photographed that night is an image that I will never need to look at because, even when I close my eyes, I see it. A woman's leg stuck out from under a blanket and on top of her leg was a little red shoe. I knew it belonged to a very young child. It has haunted me ever since.
Is it bad that I think that photo of the leg is the truest form of art?

.. reality is a good subject I guess.

I dunno how I forgot this pic. But I will never forget it anytime soon:)

http://img143.exs.cx/img143/6396/lunaticgoofballs0xt.jpg

This one is very striking.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/museums/images/pgallery/vietcong.jpg

You're a fuckin' idiot.
See that man in front of the tank? He stood there, knowing that those tanks could easily crush him, but he blocked the tank column for a half hour at Tienanmen Square. He didn't have a gun, or a tank, he just had courage.
I think there is enough clearance under the tank, if the tracks get him however...

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/pacificaviet/kentstate.jpg

This I also remember as the first event of any significance I saw on television news. In particular, I remember the interviews with residents, nearly all of whom stated they'd wished the National Guardsmen "had killed them (the students) all".

I have several, but it started with this one:

http://www.wam.umd.edu/~stwright/WrBr/wrights/photos/1903-flight-wright-640x450.gif

I think this picture is somewhat uplifting:
http://www.indepundit.com/archive2/tank%20man.jpg
It shows the courage of the human spirit.
Until you hear the story. The famous 'Tank man'* photo was taken shortly after the red guard had murdered hundereds to thousands of peacefully protesting students (nobody knows how many for sure). Tank man obstructed the path of the exiting tanks, and began lecturing them. He jumped up onto the tank and began talking to the driver. Eventually, some of his fellow students came and dragged him from the tank in fear for his life. Then the oppressed people went home, and the tanks went back to their barracks'. Since that day, the dreams of the immortalised protesters at Tianamen square have sailed further and further away from actualisation. The once enormous pro-democracy movement in China has shrunk in size to a handful of dwindling ex-pats living in the USA. China's government is more powerful than ever, and faces less and less pressure from the powers of the world in regards to human rights, thanks to all of the money it genertes for the world economy. Hong Kong is struggling against anti-protest legislation, set against the annual candlelight vigil in rememberance of the lives lost in Tiananmen square. Taiwan, the last glimmering pearl of freedom for some of the chinese people, is facing difficulties in having it's sovereignity recognised internationally, thanks to Chinese bribery of key governments. And finally, the power of the CCP is ever growing, with the economy of china. The civil rights of the Chinese people are almost non-existant.

I weep for the people of China.

*The true identity of 'tank man' is not known, though several people have confessed to the honour. Former chainman Jiang Zemin is quoted saying "I don't beleive he was killed" on the topic of tank man. The reality is that if his true identity became known to the government, he would probably have been murdered by now.

This I also remember as the first event of any significance I saw on television news. In particular, I remember the interviews with residents, nearly all of whom stated they'd wished the National Guardsmen "had killed them (the students) all".

Ugh :(

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/100best/images/multi1_main.jpg

I read somewhere that they were actually trying to track her down, do you know if they ever managed to find her?

I read somewhere that they were actually trying to track her down, do you know if they ever managed to find her?


I heard they did, somewhere in Afghanistan, but I don't remember the village.

I heard they did, somewhere in Afghanistan, but I don't remember the village.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/03/0311_020312_sharbat.html


There ya go.

I read somewhere that they were actually trying to track her down, do you know if they ever managed to find her?
I read that article. they did. she was a mother of 3 or 4 children when they found her and they did another article on her and took her picture with her holding the photo shown. I remember her being surprised at the reaction of the photo. (sorry can't remember the issue.)

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/4445/19891109peoplefreedfromcommuni.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Berlin, 1989

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/7497/liveaidcrowd8ax.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Live Aid, 1985

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/pacificaviet/kentstate.jpg

This I also remember as the first event of any significance I saw on television news. In particular, I remember the interviews with residents, nearly all of whom stated they'd wished the National Guardsmen "had killed them (the students) all".

What/where's that photo from? I don't recognise it at all.

What/where's that photo from? I don't recognise it at all.

The Kent State Massacre... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings)

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/03/0311_020312_sharbat.html


There ya go.

Oh, cool, thanks.

It would have been rather depressing if it turned out that she'd been killed or something...