The 60 Most Powerful Photos Ever Taken That Perfectly Capture The Human Experience


 This incredible collection of moments represents the joy, innocence, despair, curiosity, and undying perseverance within all of us. No matter where we’re from, these are the emotions that unite us – it’s what makes us human. We set out to capture this spirit in 60 incredible photographs, and I truly hope you enjoy. 





17 year old Jan Rose Kasmir offers a flower to soldiers during the Pentagon anti-war protest in 1967.

Marc Riboud

A Brazilian protester stands before gunfire during protests against corruption and police brutality.

Huffington Post

Sergeant Frank Praytor looks after a two-week old kitten during the height of the Korean War.


A curious Afghan girl holds the hand of an American soldier.
Soldier_Scott68 on Reddit



Sally Mann



theatlantic.com

A North Korean waves at his South Korean brother after inter-Korean temporary family reunions.


Thania Sayne leans on the headstone of her husband the day before their wedding anniversary on 16 October 2013.
Manuel Balce Ceneta

Anna Fisher, astronaut, with stars in her eyes on the cover of Life magazine in 1985. She was the first mother in space.
Life Magazine (1985)


Wojtek Kalka

A journalist dashes across a bridge between to rescue a baby during Civil War. [1936]
Horace Abrahams


Carlo Meoni

A Rwandan boy left scarred after being liberated from a death camp.
James Nachtwey


Alex Elle

Bruno Morandi captures a tribal Chhetri woman in Nepal. [2009]
Bruno Morandi



A boy crosses a London street in the 1960s with a toy double decker.
Notman Photographics Archives



Vladimir Zotov



BBC 




 Captain Donald Spindler pulls 6 year-old Aaliyah Frazier from a fire in Indiana
Evansville Courier & Press


Kristen DeYoung

Daniel Becerril

A man protests in Tiananmen Square, Beijing [1989]Stuart Franklin
Itsuo Inouye


Jeff Bailey


Violinist, Nancy Dinovo, cries while playing during a service at Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Vancouver for the September 11 victims.

Christopher J. Morris

A child of the Erbore tribe, EthiopiaCopyright: Eric Lafforgue | www.ericlafforgue.com

The child of a KKK member touches his reflection in an African American police officer's riot shield during a demonstration. [1992]
Todd Robertson

Clara Gantt is reunited with her husband's body after more than 60 years. Sergeant Joseph Grantt went missing during the Korean war.
Andrew Renneisen

Willy Ronis

Caroline Joan Peixoto, City Arts, photographed classical ballet students at rehearsal in Rwanda's only classical ballet school. This school has given the Kigali community incredible hope as the first post-genocide ballet school.
Caroline Joan Peixoto, City Arts

Sam Grandgeorge

"100,000 monks in prayer for a better world"
Luke Duggleby



Skater girls in Tehran. 
Humans Of Tehran

Julia Noni

3 weeks old infant with albinism snuggles up to his cousin for a snooze.
Patricia Willocq

Lt. Colonel Robert L. Stirm is reunited with his family after being taken prisoner during the Vietnam war.


National Geographic

An Irish teenager yells at British soldiers during unrest in Northern Ireland



A Mursi tribe woman discovers Vogue magazine, Ethiopia
Copyright: Eric Lafforgue | www.ericlafforgue.com
Steve McCurry




Dr. Religa monitors his patient's vitals after a 23 hour long heart transplant surgery. His assistant is sleeping in the corner. [1987]
J. Steinfeld, National Geographic 1987.

The patient not only survived the surgery, but outlived his doctor.

mellowmonk on Reddit

Protester plays piano over the sounds of chaos, with riot police in the backdrop.
The DO Art Foundation

Supporters celebrate as Minnesota legalizes gay marriage
Denver Post


Papua New Guinea woman during a Singsing celebration in Mount Hagen
Copyright: Eric Lafforgue | www.ericlafforgue.com


Vincent Kessler


The tattoo of wounded soldier Kyle Hockenberry becomes truth
Laura Rauch


Aleksandr Romanov



Phil Marion

anninhthudo.vn


A bus of caring people save a woman who tried to commit suicide in China. 
scnews.com

Agim Shala is passed through a barbed wire fence to his grandparents at a camp for refugees of the Kosovo War
Carol Guzy


Wakil Kohsar

Steve McCurry

 Creating this list out of thousands of potential photos was a daunting, yet rewarding experience for me. I hope you loved it too (and if you did, share it with others below). 
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Maia McCann  

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