Overview

100 photographs that changed the world: a powerful visual narrative of humanity through the images that shaped our history. A visual journey through two centuries of history: this book collects one hundred iconic photographs that captured crucial moments in human history. From world wars to space exploration, civil rights movements to climate change, each image is a window into the past, present, and even a possible future. Taken by legendary photographers or anonymous witnesses of their time, these pictures showcase the powerful storytelling ability of photography as a tool of collective memory. A striking, emotional, and visually rich volume—this updated edition of a bestselling classic brings history into sharp focus for today’s readers.

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Author:   Roberto Mottadelli ,  Gianni Morelli ,  Margherita Giacosa
Publisher:   White Star
Imprint:   White Star
Dimensions:   Width: 23.70cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 28.00cm
ISBN:  

9788854421790

ISBN 10:   8854421790
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   12 January 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1869 The Transcontinental Railroad 1889 The Eiffel Tower and the Expo 1895 The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station 1901 Wireless Telegraph Across the Atlantic 1903 The First Flight 1908 The Struggle for Female Suffrage 1909 The First Flight Over the Channel 1909 Robert Peary at the North Pole 1911 Conquest of the South Pole 1912 Great Loss of Life 1913 The First Moving Assembly Line 1915 Gas Attacks in the First World War 1917 Assault on the Winter Palace 1920 Lenin’s Speech to the Red Army 1922 Opening of Tutankhamun’s Tomb 1927 The First Solo Transatlantic Flight 1929 The Great Depression 1930 Gandhi and the Salt March 1936 Migrant Mother 1936 Falling Soldier 1936 Nazi Party Rally 1937 The Explosion of the Airship Hindenburg 1941 Churchill Among the Ruins of Parliament 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor 1943 Destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto 1944 Allied Troops Land on Omaha Beach 1945 The Yalta Conference 1945 The Battle of Iwo Jima 1945 Jewish Survivors in Buchenwald 1945 The Nagasaki Atomic Explosion 1945 V–J Day in Times Square 1945 Mother and Child in Hiroshima 1947 From Colonialism to Independence for India 1948 The SS United Nations Lands in Palestine 1948 The Berlin Air Bridge 1949 Mao Zedong Declares the Foundation of the PRC 1953 The Double Helix Model of DNA 1953 Hillary and Tenzing on the Summit of Everest 1953 The Coronation of Elizabeth II 1956 Rosa Parks and Civil Disobedience 1959 Fidel Castro Entering Havana 1959 Tibetan Rebels Surrender to Chinese Troops 1961 The First Man in Space 1961 The Berlin Wall 1963 The Sacrifice of Thich Quang Duc 1963 I Have a Dream 1963 John F. Kennedy’s Funeral 1965 The Beatles at Buckingham Palace 1966 Reaching Out 1967 Six Day War 1967 Girl Holding a Flower 1968 The Execution of a Vietcong 1968 The Funeral of Martin Luther King 1968 French May 1968 The Invasion of Prague 1968 Olympics Black Power Salute 1969 Man on the Moon 1969 The Woodstock Festival 1972 Bloody Sunday 1972 The Terror of War 1979 Khomeini Returns to Iran 1979 The Killing Fields in Cambodia 1980 John Lennon’s Murder 1981 The Space Shuttle Columbia Launch 1981 The Assassination Attempt on Pope John Paul II 1984 Steve Jobs and the Macintosh 128k 1985 Reagan and Gorbachev at the Geneva Summit 1986 The Explosion of the Chernobyl Reactor 1986 Veiled Women Practicing Shooting 1989 The Exxon Valdez Environmental Disaster 1989 Tank Man 1989 The Fall of the Berlin Wall 1990 The Liberation of Nelson Mandela 1991 The First Intifada 1991 Burning Oil Wells 1991 Tim Berners-Lee and the Invention of the Web 1991 Landing of Albanian Refugees in Bari 1993 Vulture Stalking a Child 1993 Signing of the Oslo Peace Accords 1996 The AIDS Memorial Quilt 1999 The Plight of Kosovo Refugees 2001 Afghan Refugee Camp in Pakistan 2001 Ground Zero 2003 An Iraqi Prisoner with His Son 2003 The Destruction of the Statue of Saddam Hussein 2008 The Wall Street Crash 2009 Barack Obama 2011 The Arab Spring in Cairo 2012 The Anniversary of the Srebrenica Massacre 2014 Malala Yousafzai Receives the Nobel Peace Prize 2015 The March After the Charlie Hebdo Attack 2015 Selfie by Curiosity on Mars 2015 Refugees Landing on Lesbos 2019 Notre-Dame Burns 2020 Pope Francis’ Covid Prayers 2021 Escape from Kabul 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine 2023 New York City Engulfed in Flames 2023 Pietà, Gaza 2024 Assassination Attempt on Trump

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Roberto Mottadelli Roberto Mottadelli directs the Iceigeo editorial lab in Milan and is a lecturer at the Department of Cultural and Environmental Heritage at the University of Milan, where he contributes to courses on visual culture. Gianni Morelli Gianni Morelli is a geographer by training and a novelist by passion. Over the years, he has traveled extensively, worked with renowned research institutes, and gained significant experience in publishing. Margherita Giacosa Margherita Giacosa is an art historian with a passion for graphic design and illustration. She has long been involved in the publishing world, working as an author and editor for various publishing houses, with a keen interest in contemporary culture and history.

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