It shows the moment in which Kennedy was shot. It is an important photo because the movement of Jacqueline Kennedy represents the shock of what had just happened and that touched everybody in the USA. In the interview released after some days she said she heard a first noise that she thought was a motorbike, but when she heard a second noise she realized it was a gun and she immediately tried to reach the trunk of the car to get the piece of the president’s skull that was blown off. She also said that she saw the photos but she didn’t remember the moment when it happened. The killer was probably Lee Harvey Oswald, but it is thought that Kennedy was killed by a conspiracy of more people, probably because he supported the Civil Rights movements, the Berlin wall and he was against the Vietnam war, which created many enemies.

All the nation was moved by this picture that shows the brutality of the event. Kennedy was the most loved president of the USA history but also the youngest to be assassinated at the age of 46. 

This photo was taken the first of February 1968 by Eddie Adams. It shows the leader of the National Police of Vietnam Republic, Nguyen Ngoc Loan, to kill the prisoner Viet Cong Van Lenn in Saigon during the Vietnam War. During the operation, called "Tet offensive", the South Vietnamese army caught the political activist Van Lenn. It seems he had killed some marines in battles, so he's sentenced to death. We can see the moment in which the projectile exploded. Viet Cong died with mouth twisted into a grimace and hair moved by gunshot. This photo made history because it was considered one of the most dramatic and impressive war photos. In fact, this picture drove the american public opinion to oppose the war.

Therefore, East Berlin’s government started to built a wall which divided themselves from the West. The wall divided Berlin for 28 years, from 1961 to 1989. It was built in concrete, 28 km long and was demolished in 1990. It was said to be “a barrier to protect the East from the West”.

 During the Cold War, more than 200 people were killed while trying to escape from East to West and the guy in the picture was the first who managed to escape. This picture was taken by Peter Leibing on the 13th of August 1961 at 4 pm.  The 19- year- old Conrad Schumann was jumping the barbed wire  in order to run away.

This picture made history, because it shows us the very first person who realized how hard life would have been in East Germany and decided to escape. 

 This picture shows a rare moment, that is a soldier in a peaceful moment in the middle of nowhere.   The first thing we see is the man with the piano because it’s in the middle of the picture and it is in contrast with the forest in the background. Most of the colours seen in the photo are green, grey and brown; despite the presence of these “cold” colours, the photo reflects a sense of peace.  It gives us the feeling that it’s a place which suffers because of the war.   

This photo made History, because first of all it is very beautiful and poetic, but also because the artist showed the human side of soldiers.  This picture expresses the factthat there is still hope in the world, because even a soldier, who is sent to kill, can find a moment of peace. It makes us think that people have emotions and feelings, despite the war and there might be still a chance for the world to get better.  

than any demonstration, this photo and this girl contributed to boosting the sensibility of people towards the

Vietnam War.

In 1965, the Vietnam state was divided into two political blocs: in the North, the Communists were 

backed up by the Soviet Union and China and in the southern part there was a puppet government supported by the US.

Vietnam soon became the new scenario of the Cold War: the first bombing attack took place in 1965, 

where American soldiers employed a big number of napalm bombs.

This photo was taken on the 8th of June 1972 in Trang Bang, next to Saigon, after an airstrike with 

napalm bombs.

It was published on the first pages of copious newspapers all over the world and shocked an entire 

generation.

The picture was taken by Nick Ut, a war photographer, who was in the bombed area.

The girl  running away is called Kim Phuc: she survived and she is now a fulfilled woman.

Following this sad experience she became Peace Ambassador for Unesco and founded an association 

to help child victims of war.

During an Unesco ceremony she declared that her photo is a message of peace because that little girl 

isn't a Communist or Capitalist victim, but she considers herself as a victim of the universal evil.

Nick Ut, 1972

This photo made history because he became a hero who fought and died for his beliefs, so when people  find themselves in a difficult situation (like bad/poor living conditions) they prefer  to identify themselves with him.

This photo made history because his image puts  ideologies of many people together.

 

Alberto Korda 1960

From the 1960s, Northern Ireland experienced thirty years of recurring acts of intense violence, during which more than 3000 people were killed. The clash was caused by the discrimination against the Catholics by the Protestants. The former  were Nationalists, which means they opposed union with the UK, whereas  the latter  were Unionists  in favour of union with the UK.

The conflicts ended on the 10th of April 1998 with The “Good Friday Agreement”, which established that the Government of Northern Ireland would be composed of delegates of both Protestant and Catholic factions.

The Irish teenage boy, who is shouting at a British soldier, is a symbol of rebellion and also a sign of challenge. He showed the bravery of a generation who is not  afraid to stand up for freedom and peace.

Nowadays, the situation in Northern Ireland has improved, but there is still some tension between the two main parties. Wandering in the streets,  in some houses you can see the Irish flag proudly hung and in others the Union Jack flag.

Anonymous, between 1960 and 1990