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One of the dreams of every serious photographer is to get that one photo that is so powerful that it can help define history. All the time, I wonder if I missed my chance by 12 hours. On the evening of September 10, 2001, I flew out of New York City. I was there for the Michael Jackson 30th Anniversary Concert and to take photos of the sights of NYC. I had no idea that 12 hours after my photographs were taken, the Twin Towers would no longer be there. But of course I was glad to have my life and safety.

Yesterday I read thru a post that was titled “13 Photographs That Changed The World” I had seen all but one of them before, but their power was still present on me.

Be sure to check the comments of that post for even more photos that could have been included.

A FMP reader sent in a link to a great set on Flickr. Flickr user michael_hughes’ has travelled to different tourist locations around the world. But, rather than posting direct shots of the attractions, he purchases souveniers and places them directly in the place of the real attraction. For instance, above you see a toy Eiffel Tower exactly displacing the real one.

What a great idea! Now it has me thinking of what type of photo I should take on my trips to I have a consistent collection like this one.

The whole set is wonderful, you can see it here.

The other day I was talking with my sister who just purchased her first D-SLR. I explained to her that I always have my camera to take “Large and Fine” jpeg photos. With digital photography, it doesn’t make sense to have it any other way. Memory is fairly cheap and hard drives are big enough to hold thousands and thousands of picture. And, you never know when you are going to get the shot of the century. What if you were taking photos in NYC on September 11th and you had it on “Small” to save room on your card?

I bring this up because I recently had the joy of visiting Picture-History.com. This site offers an incredibly collection of old photos. I really loved going thru teh Themed Collections. It has collections like The Abraham Lincoln Assassination and a beautiful collection of Castles.

As I go thru the photos I wonder if the photographer’s knew we’d be enjoying thier photos so many years later. So many of these photos are powerful and emotional.