What Makes A Great Photograph Great?

What makes a great photo great? It’s not all about the lighting, the equipment, the technicalities we as photographers tend to get so wrapped up in. A truly great photograph is so much more than that. It will posses the ability to stop a person in their tracks for a second look. Such as in the images below, great photographs have one thing in common– they are frozen moments in time capable of softening the hearts of even the most stoic individual. Have a look for yourself:

A great photograph has a certain quality about it that evokes emotion and shakes a person right down to their core without giving them a say in the matter.

Photographer’s listed by order of appearance:

  1. Robert Capa
  2. No official citation. Army photographer referred to as Major Benjamin
  3. Heinrich Hoffman
  4. Citation not given
  5. John Dominis
  6. Jeff Widener
  7. Claude P. Dettloff
  8. Stan Stearns
  9. Aaron Thompson.
  10. CFP – Photographer not given
  11. Héctor Rondón Lovera
  12. Yomiuri Shimbun
  13. Mark Pardew
  14. Nevine Zaki
  15. Marc Riboud
  16. No Official citation. Possibly George Mejat
  17. KOREA POOL – Photographer not given
  18. Goran Tomasevic
  19. Cecil Stoughton
  20. Vanderlei Almeida
  21. Getty – Photographer not given
  22. No citation given. Photographs are on English Russia if you’re interested.
  23. AP. Photographer not given
  24. No official citation
  25. Jeff Roberts
  26. Str / AFP – Getty – Photographer not given
  27. Louie Favorite
  28. Getty – Photographer not given
  29. Can’t find this one.
  30. This has gotten so saturated over the internet, the original is near-impossible to find.
  31. William Anders

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