# The most influential photos of all time, according to TIME

In 2016 TIME spent three years with curators, historians and photographers choosing the 100 images that changed the world. These are some of the best known. Which one has stayed with you most?

- 41 votes · 30 items
- Jan 24, 2019 · H. King
- https://even.best/en/l/2292/the-most-influential-photos-of-all-time-according-to-time

## Top 30

1. **Earthrise** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — William Anders, Apollo 8, 1968: the Earth rising over the Moon.
2. **Tank Man** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Jeff Widener, Tiananmen Square, 1989.
3. **Saigon Execution** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Eddie Adams, 1968: a photo that turned opinion on the Vietnam War.
4. **Abraham Lincoln** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Mathew Brady's 1860 portrait, which helped him reach the White House.
5. **The Steerage** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Alfred Stieglitz, 1907.
6. **V-J Day in Times Square** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1945: the sailor's kiss at the end of the war.
7. **Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Joe Rosenthal, 1945.
8. **A Man on the Moon** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Neil Armstrong's photo of Buzz Aldrin, 1969.
9. **The Burning Monk** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Malcolm Browne, Saigon, 1963.
10. **The Horse in Motion** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Eadweard Muybridge, 1878: proof that a galloping horse leaves the ground.
11. **Oscars Selfie** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Bradley Cooper's 2014 selfie with Ellen DeGeneres and friends.
12. **Dalí Atomicus** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Philippe Halsman, 1948: Dalí, cats and water in mid-air.
13. **Betty Grable** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Frank Powolny's 1943 pin-up, the most famous of the war.
14. **Migrant Mother** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Dorothea Lange, 1936: the face of the Great Depression.
15. **The Hindenburg Disaster** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Sam Shere, 1937: the airship in flames.
16. **Black Power Salute** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — John Dominis, Mexico City Olympics, 1968.
17. **The Pillow Fight** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Harry Benson, 1964: the Beatles in a Paris hotel.
18. **Windblown Jackie** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Ron Galella, 1971: Jackie Onassis on a New York street.
19. **Babe Ruth Bows Out** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Nat Fein, 1948: the farewell at Yankee Stadium.
20. **Untitled Film Still \#21** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cindy Sherman, 1978.
21. **Starving Child and Vulture** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Kevin Carter, Sudan, 1993.
22. **JFK Assassination, Frame 313** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Abraham Zapruder's home movie, Dallas, 1963.
23. **Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Neil Leifer, 1965: Ali standing over a fallen Liston.
24. **D-Day** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Robert Capa on Omaha Beach, 1944.
25. **The Situation Room** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pete Souza, 2011: Obama's team following the bin Laden raid.
26. **Gandhi and the Spinning Wheel** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Margaret Bourke-White, 1946.
27. **Fort Peck Dam** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Margaret Bourke-White, the first LIFE cover, 1936.
28. **Country Doctor** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — W. Eugene Smith's 1948 photo essay for LIFE.
29. **Demi Moore** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Annie Leibovitz's 1991 Vanity Fair cover.
30. **Alan Kurdi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Nilüfer Demir, 2015: the image that put a face on the refugee crisis.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.