Taken in 1950 near the Hôtel de Ville de Paris, it represents a man and a woman kissing as they walk on a busy sidewalk full of pedestrians, in front of a terrasse de café.

This photographs is ranked in fifth place of the most expensive photographs in the world. Taken in 1999 in Los Angeles by Andreas Gursky.

Photograph by Babe Ruth, bidding farewell to the Yankees team in June 1948. He would die of cancer two months later. 

The pillars of creation were photographed by NASA’s Hubble space telescope in April 1995.

The image was captured by the press in 1955, during filming of The Seven Year Itch.

Taken by Steve McCurry in 1984 in the refugee camp of Nasir Baghn, this photograph features Sharbat Gulan aged 13.

The First Lady captured by one of the first paparazzi.

Victory over Japan Day was taken in 1945 by Alfred Eisenstaedt, in the middle of the exuberant crowd at Times Square, celebrating the end of the war.

The Beatles pillow fight was taken in 1964, during the Parisian leg of the band’s tour.

Eleven workers are sitting on scaffolding above Manhattan, having lunch with their feet in the air. This photo is a symbol of the Great Depression of the 1930s.

This photo is one of Philippe Halsman’s most famous portraits. It was taken in 1989 in his New York studio, and has become famous for its very original staging.

Symbol of independence and pacificism, this photo was taken in 1946 by Margaret Bourke-White.

This photo was taken in 1969 by Michael Collins, in which we see the lunar module with Neil and Buzz Aldrin inside and the Earth in the background.

An ephemeral plant heart, formed in the mangroves of New Caledonia, the photograph Heart of Voh by Yann Arthus-Bertrand has become a powerful environmental symbol.

Neil Armstrong, photographed by Buzz Aldrin in 1969, just after becoming the first man to step on the moon in 1969..