Twelve Though-Provoking Photographs

1. Twelve Though-Provoking Photographs And the Stories Behind Them

2. Photo 1 1988 Scott Shaw Odessa (TX) Americanwon the Pulitzer for his photograph of the child Jessica McClure being rescued from the well into which she had fallen. Following her rescue on October 16, 1987, surgeons had to amputate part of McClure's right foot due to loss of circulation while in the well. She has had 15 surgeries over the years and has no first-hand memory of being trapped in the well. McClure graduated from Greenwood High School, in May 2004.

3. Photo 2 “Orphans of Addiction” Series - 1998 Kevin Bryan settles down for the night on the sofa in his living room, looking into the kitchen where his father's addict friends sleep on the floor; the refrigerator and stove have been sold for drug money.  • 1998: Clarence Williams, Los Angeles Times This series of Pulitzer Prize winning photographs depicts the plight of young children with parents addicted to alcohol and drugs.

4. Photo 3 Kent State Massacre, 1970 The Pulitzer Prize winning photo of Mary Ann Vecchio crying over the body of Jeffrey Miller, one of the victims of the Kent State shootings.

5. Photo 3 Photographs of the dead and wounded at Kent State amplified sentiment against the United States' invasion of Cambodia and the Vietnam War in general. In particular, the camera of this Kent State photojournalism student captured a fourteen-year-old runaway, Mary Ann Vecchio, screaming over the body of the dead student, Jeffrey Miller, who had been shot in the mouth. The photograph, which won a  Pulitzer Prize, became the most enduring image of the events, and one of the most enduring images of the anti-Vietnam War movement.

6. Photo 4 “Oklahoma City Bombing” - 1995 A haunting photograph, taken after the Oklahoma City bombing shows a one-year-old victim handed to and then cradled by a local fireman. The image of firefighter Chris Fields holding the dying infant Baylee Almon won the Pulitzer Prize.

7. Photo 5 2006: Todd Heisler, Rocky Mountain News for haunting, behind-the-scenes look at funerals for Colorado Marines who return from Iraq in caskets.

8. During the arrival of a Marine's casket at Denver International Airport, Major Steve Beck described the scene as one of the most powerful in the process. Passengers in one plane can see Marines removing the casket from another. "See the people in the windows? They sit right there in the plane, watching those Marines. You gotta wonder what's going through their minds, knowing that they're on the plane that brought him home," he said. "They're going to remember being on that plane for the rest of their lives. And they should.“

9. Photo 6 John F. Kennedy, Jr. (often referred to as “John-John”) was killed in a fatal plane crash in 1999. • President John F. Kennedy’s family attends his funeral in Washington, D.C., November 25, 1963.

10. Photo 7 2010 Pulitzer Winner The dramatic photo of a construction worker rescuing a woman from the Des Moines River.

11. Photo 7 Mrs. Neely and her husband, Alan Neely, had fallen into the water after their disabled boat went over a dam in downtown Des Moines June 30. Alan Neely drowned, and rescue workers were unable to reach his wife in the swirling current under the dam. The rolling water repeatedly sucked Neely under, then pushed her back to the surface.Oglesbee, who’d been working on a pedestrian bridge over the dam, chained himself to the end of a crane. The crane Operator lowered him to the water, where he managed to pluck Ralph-Neely from the water. Chind, standing on the opposite riverbank, captured the scene.

12. Photo 8 2000 Photo Staff of Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO for its powerful collection of emotional images taken after the student shootings at Columbine High School.

13. Photo 9 1986 Tom Gralish The Philadelphia Inquirer For his series of photographs of Philadelphia's homeless.

14. Photo 10 1968 Pulitzer Prize Winning Photograph Rocco Morabito won the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Spot Photography for this photograph – “The Kiss of Life.” Apprentice lineman J.D. Thompson is breathing life into the mouth of another apprentice lineman, Randall G. Champion, who hangs unconscious after receiving a jolt of high voltage. Morabito was driving on West 26th Street in July 1967 on another assignment when he saw Champion dangling from the pole. He called an ambulance and grabbed his camera. Champion recovered.

15. Photo 11 Babe Ruth Retires, No. 3 by Nathaniel Fein One of the poignant moments featured in the Pulitzer exhibition is that of Babe Ruth’s final appearance at Yankee Stadium on June 13, 1948. The legendary ball player had been diagnosed with cancer in 1946. Two years later he walked slowly onto the field after an exhibition game, weakened by illness and using his bat as a cane. His old teammates stood at attention. The crowd in the packed stands went crazy. Nat Fein of the New York Herald Tribune took several photos, but wasn’t satisfied. He walked around to the other side. “I saw Ruth standing there with his uniform, #3, the number that would be retired, and knew that was the shot.” This Pulitzer Prize photograph caught the bittersweet finale of that remarkable career. 

16. Photo 12 Hindenburg, 1937 The airship Hindenburg explodes as it comes in for a landing in Lakehurst, New Jersey, May 6, 1937.

17. Hindenburg Historical Footage • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Special_Release_Zeppelin_Explodes.ogv