Robert Frank's (1955) Photo:

Trolley - New Orleans (from "the Americans")

I chose this picture because I found it very interesting the image he captured. This picture is from 1955 during the Civil Rights Movement. This photo is also from the South, which made it even more prevalent. If you look at the people on the bus, you see that there are white women and children in the front of the bus and black men in the back. This is the typical scenario that you read about in the history books, and he captured it perfectly on film. I love that he captured this moment in our history and there are no captions necessary to describe it.

Most Important Photo

In Remembrance of September 11th by Thomas E. Franklin

When I was asked in class what my most important photo, this was the first image that popped into my mind. Whenever I think about September 11th, this is the one photo that pops into my mind. You could ask me about any photo, and I most likely would not be able to describe it, but this picture is extremely vivid in my mind. I think it holds a lot of importance to the important date in American History of Sep. 11th. But it also links to the famous photo from World War II.

Magnum Photo

Jean Gaumy's Photo (1986) of Veiled Women Practicing Shooting

Finding an interesting photo was a little more difficult than I thought it would be. I ended up finding this photo and I was consumed by it. It's very intriguing that Islamic Women are shooting guns. It goes against most popular beliefs that Muslim women don't stand up for themselves or have a "proper" place in their society. I thought it was a photo that I'd want to share with the class because I've never seen anything like it.

-Minnie