The document summarizes and provides context for three iconic photos: "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" depicts US Marines raising the American flag at the end of a battle in World War 2 and won the Pulitzer Prize. "Burning Buddhist Monk" shows a monk self-immolating in protest of the Vietnam War regime and also won the Pulitzer Prize. "Tank Man" captures an unknown protester blocking tanks in Tiananmen Square after the Chinese government crackdown, depicting one person standing up to authority.

1. Iconic Photos

2. Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
• Taken: Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima
• Taken By: Joe Rosenthal
• Taken on: February 23, 1945
• Appeared in: Newspapers
• Depicts: Franklin Sousley, Harlon Block, Michael
Strank, John Bradley, Rene Gagnon, Ira Hayes
• Awards: Pulitzer Prize for Photography – only
photo to win in same year as publication
• Other: Used to sculpt Marine Corps Memorial in
Arlington National Cemetery
• Why I Chose It: I think it symbolises the struggle
to victory in the war and the difficulty of making
it to the end as well as the teamwork needed to
win it.

3. Burning Buddhist Monk
• Taken: Saigon, South Vietnam
• Taken By: Malcolm Browne
• Taken on: June 11, 1963
• Appeared in : Newspapers
• Depicts: Thich Quang Duc
immolating
• Awards: Pulitzer Prize
• Other: It helped to put down the
regime in Vietnam but didn’t end
the war.
• Why I Chose It: I chose it because I
think it shows the chaos of the fire,
but also how peaceful he is.

4. Tank Man – Tiananmen Square
• Taken: Tiananmen
Square, Beijing, China
• Taken By: Jeff Widener
• Taken on: June 5, 1989
• Appeared in: Newspapers
• Depicts: “Unknown Rebel” or “Tank
Man”
• Why I Chose It: I chose it because I
like the way it captures how small
he is compared to the tanks.