Iconic news photos of the 20th ceury, from historic momes to behind-the-scenes of newspapers, are on display in an exhibition in New York.
An exhibition called “hot news!” “News Photographs from 1908 to 1975” (Extra!: News Photographs from 1908-1975) at Howard Greenberg Gallery in New York, a collection of the most influeial It exhibited news photos of the 20th ceury. More than 60 historical photographs from 1908 to 1975 are on display at the eve, including importa momes in history such as the Civil Rights Moveme, the Vietnam War, Plane crashes and sports eves; Symbolic momes that are forever recorded in the world’s memory.
Pictures of famous figures such as Mohammad Ali Kelly, John F. Along with importa political and social eves, Kennedy and Mahatma Gandhi, annotated pages of newspapers and explanations and edits inserted on the back of the photos are among the works of this exhibition.
This exhibition provides a unique opportunity for visitors to understand the role of photojournalism in recording and transmitting history. Existing photographs, as importa historical documes, not only link to the past, but also allow the audience to have a differe look at old stories.

Pictures of Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party, with the general title “The Mind of Adolf Hitler”, in 1944; Photographer: Unknown

The mome of the execution of a Viet Cong fighter by the head of the National Police of South Vietnam in 1968; Photographer: Eddie Adams
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The arrest of Martin Luther King Jr., the promine leader of the civil rights moveme in America, on charges of vagrancy in 1958; Photographer: Charles Moore
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John F. Kennedy, the former preside of the United States in his office in the White House in 1961; Photographer: George Tames

Demonstrations of studes and other people in 1970 on Wall Street and against the American ierveion in Cambodia; Photographer: Jack Manning

Roger Bannister, the famous British runner, after finishing his historic run (breaking the record of four minutes in two 400 meters) in 1954; Photographer: Unknown
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The mome of the arrest of a woman fighting for women’s suffrage (in the term: Suffragette) in Ireland, 1913; Photographer: Unknown

Rosa Parks, one of the promine figures of the civil rights moveme in America; Photographer: Unknown

Sigmund Freud in Paris with US Ambassador Wilson C. Bullitt (Wilson C. Bullitt) and Marie Bonaparte (Marie Bonaparte) in 1938; Photographer: Unknown

Amelia Earhart, American pioneer pilot in 1928; Photographer: Amelia Earhart

American Patricia Hearst posing next to members of the Symbionese Liberation Army in April 1974; Photographer: Unknown

A portrait of Mahatma Gandhi published in the New York Times, 1946; Photographer: Unknown

The ierview of Muhammad Ali Kelly, the legendary boxer, after the decisive victory over his oppone, Jimmy Ellis (Jimmy Ellis) in 1971; Photographer: Unknown

Lee Harvey Oswald, accused of assassinating the former US Preside, John F. Kennedy in 1963; Photographer: Robert H. Jackson

Charles Lindbergh, the famous American pilot next to his famous plane in 1927; Photographer: Unknown

Mickey Mouse’s balloon in the Thanksgiving Day Parade, New York, 1934; Photographer: Unknown
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Cover photo: Muhammad Ali Kelly and the Beatles in February 1964; Photographer: Unknown



