Help me decide on a paper topic for Photo in Society!
Or, more to the point, help me figure out if the photo I want to write about is ‘iconic’ enough.
[John Rooney/AP/1965]
It didn’t raise mass awareness of an issue, or anything comparable, but I have a hard time coming up with any sports photos that are as ingrained in the public consciousness (the Black Power fist salute is the only other one that comes to mind). I suspect people remember sports moments more in terms of video than anything else.
What do you think? Is this picture sufficiently iconic? Am I just blanking on other well-known sports images?
my litmus test is this question:
has the photograph been made into a mass produced poster?
if yes, than its iconic enough for me
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ooo I like this test (and the photo passes it- yay!)
thanks!!
It’s hanging in our house, and I did a drawing of it in 7th grade, if that helps.