MOST INFLUENTIAL PHOTOS
WE SET OUT TO FIND IMAGES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD. ALONG THE WAY, WE UNEARTHED INCREDIBLE STORIES OF HOW THEY WERE MADE
WE BEGAN THIS PROJECT WITH WHAT SEEMED LIKE A straightforward idea: assemble a list of the 100 most influential photographs ever taken. If a picture led to something important, it would be considered for inclusion. From that simple concept flowed countless decisions. Although photography is a much younger medium than painting—the first photo is widely considered to date from 1826—the astonishing technological advances since its beginning mean that there are now far more pictures taken on any given day than
