“Guerrillero Heroico” or “Heroic Guerrilla
Fighter” is one of the most popular and stylized
pictures of all time. Taken by Alberto Korda on
March 5, the image is of the Marxist
revolutionary Che Guevara at a memorial service
for victims of La Coubre explosion. It is often
considered as the most famous image in the
world and certainly lionized Guevara’s person as
it is the most reproduced image in photography.

This picture was taken literally a second before
the Japanese socialist Party leader Asanuma was
stabbed to death on live TV by a right wing
extremist. Photographer Yasushi Nagao, whose
modest response was that he was in the right
place at the right time, was awarded the Pulitzer
Prize for the shot and became one of the iconic
photos of the 1960s.

Malcolm W. Browne captured this image of the
Vietnamese monk, Thich Quang Duc, who set
himself on fire to protest the Diem regime’s
ruthless persecution of Buddhists. The image,
needless to say, captured the “hearts and minds”
of millions world-over.

President Johnson Sworn In
Aboard Air Force One, 1963

Mere moments after the devastating assassination
of President Kennedy, the presidential
photographer, Cecil Stoughton, snapped this
image of Lyndon B Johnson being sworn in as the
new president on board Air Force One. The event
occurred mere hours after Kennedy was shot, the
reason behind the haunting image of the visibly
distraught Jackie Kennedy.

How Life Begins, 1965

How Life Begins was an image taken by Lennart
Nilsson of developing foetus. It was taken with an
endoscope and published in Life Magazine in
1965, and was the first of its kind to show us
where life comes from.

James Meredith, 1966

This devastating image shows civil rights activist
James Meredith moments after he was shot on
June 6, 1966 while leading a civil rights march.
Said march aimed to encourage African
Americans to exercise their voting rights and this
image shows him pulling himself across the
Highway in visible pain. Right after being
treated, he completed the march from Memphis to
Jackson.

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Man Walks on the Moon, 1969
Neil “That’s one small step for man” Armstrong
snapped this image of fellow astronaut Buzz
Aldrin during their jaunt on the moon. The image
became a symbol of American innovation and
dedication and one of the lasting iconic photos of
the 1960s.

Most Iconic Photos Of The
1960s: Earthrise, 1968
Snapped on Christmas Eve, the Earthrise
photograph is considered one of the most
influential environmental photos ever taken and
inspired people to think about our place in the
universe. There was a raging debate about who
took the photo – Frank Borman or Bill Anders of
the Apollo 8 mission – with an investigation
confirming Anders was responsible for the color
version of the iconic image.

Execution of a Viet Cong
Guerrilla, 1968
Photographer Eddie Adams snapped this horrific
image during the Vietnam War. The photo depicts
the South Vietnam’s national police chief, Nguyen
Ngoc Loan, executing a Viet Cong captain.