Powerful, Inspiring Pictures vol. 2009

[jeyel]

Originally Posted by That guy Max

Originally Posted by HangTight

Originally Posted by That guy Max

retro23phan wrote:

can someone give me the info on this pic? i always see this pop up in these types of threads but never knew the story behind it.

Afghan woman when she was younger, then years later.

wait, so this picture is to show how bad she aged? i dont mean this as a smart !+@ remark, its just that ive seen this pic for years and thought there was this big powerful story behind it



its a famousnational geographic magazine cover..

heres the story .. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2002/04/afghan-girl/index-text

 

[DVMNXK]

Originally Posted by TrueshotAura

Originally Posted by Illuztrious

ctdaprince wrote:

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p0tat0 5alad wrote:

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is there a story behind this pic

Are you serious?



I am 100% sure this is a young Martin Luther King Jr. and on his left is his mother Alberta Williams King. They are both getting ready to go to church.


Not quite. It's Emmitt Till. Google him.

This is also Emmitt Till:

 

[callhimar]

Bobby Sands Street in Tehran, just outside the British Embassy.

That is awesome.

 

[hugo]

 

[cadillacflow]

Not really a fan of the staged pics, but most are nice pics. Good thread.

 

[arqangel6]

Capt. Scott O'Grady

 

[that guy max]

Originally Posted by jeyel

Originally Posted by That guy Max

Originally Posted by HangTight

Originally Posted by That guy Max

retro23phan wrote:

can someone give me the info on this pic? i always see this pop up in these types of threads but never knew the story behind it.

Afghan woman when she was younger, then years later.

wait, so this picture is to show how bad she aged? i dont mean this as a smart !+@ remark, its just that ive seen this pic for years and thought there was this big powerful story behind it

its a famousnational geographic magazine cover..

heres the story .. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2002/04/afghan-girl/index-text



wow, thanks for the link. good read. before i read it, i would of thought the time difference in the pics was 30-35 years not 17.

 

[cadillacflow]

Man, she aged horribly.

 

[trueshotaura]

Originally Posted by jeyel

Originally Posted by TrueshotAura

Originally Posted by Illuztrious

Originally Posted by ctdaprince

Originally Posted by p0tat0 5alad

is there a story behind this pic

Are you serious?

I am 100% sure this is a young Martin Luther King Jr. and on his left is his mother Alberta Williams King. They are both getting ready to go to church.

whoops

 

[brokeballah]

Originally Posted by Curious24

This scene touched me as well. REAL COOL

 

[vrp32tl]

Originally Posted by TrueshotAura

Originally Posted by Illuztrious

Originally Posted by ctdaprince

Originally Posted by p0tat0 5alad

is there a story behind this pic

Are you serious?

I am 100% sure this is a young Martin Luther King Jr. and on his left is his mother Alberta Williams King. They are both getting ready to go to church.

 

[Deleted member 37754]

^ tryna be funny again.... cuz if not id love to know the story...





if so smh...

 

[hella fresh007]

i love these types of threads.

 

[crank lucas]

Originally Posted by TrueshotAura

Originally Posted by Illuztrious

Originally Posted by ctdaprince

Originally Posted by p0tat0 5alad

is there a story behind this pic

Are you serious?

I am 100% sure this is a young Martin Luther King Jr. and on his left is his mother Alberta Williams King. They are both getting ready to go to church.

so wrong yet you said that with so much confidence

 

[916kings]

Illuztrious wrote:

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Originally Posted by TrueshotAura

Illuztrious wrote:

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ctdaprince wrote:

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p0tat0 5alad wrote:

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is there a story behind this pic










Are you serious?



I am 100% sure this is a young Martin Luther King Jr. and on his left is his mother Alberta Williams King. They are both getting ready to go to church.


Not quite. It's Emmitt Till. Google him.

This is also Emmitt Till:

I am very embarrassed to admit I never knew the story of Emmit Till until recently.

Absolutely heartbreaking.

 

[mf doomer]

I am 100% sure this is a young Martin Luther King Jr. and on his left is his mother Alberta Williams King. They are both getting ready to go to church.

 

[btk]

 

[maelstroom]

Originally Posted by Hugo

Nice pics

 

[josebronx]

Originally Posted by Illuztrious

Originally Posted by alcapone

Originally Posted by jordanhead7792

DAYTONA 5000 wrote:

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probably my favorite one

Even though I disagree what he is doing to the flag, I am proud I live in a country where you can do that.

Uh, not quite. That's pretty illegal AND he's in uniform? RIP if his superiors every saw that pic.

wow hes right, even tho the US is the only country who does it

 

[y0ung j33zy]

Originally Posted by CJ863

Story behind this?

 

[parada45]

lol at Those my brother and me pics

 

[nick0lis]

this !+!% makes me not wanna be a sneakerhead anymore

. it puts everything into perspective.

 

[mo matik]

Mourning
The cards on the desks in this classroom bear the names of children who were killed in the attacks.

Photographs lay among the debris inside the ruins of the Palestinian Legislative Council.

A Palestinian man sits in the ruins of his house in the northern Gaza Strip.

Some Abu Ghraib photos. Warning, they are very disturbing.

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[overtime626]

no words needed for this one

 

[coolnificent]

A lot of these pics need

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