What is Iconic

The first thing I knew I need to do after looking at the brief was to find out what makes an image iconic which would help me to figure out what images I could choose from when I replicate one of my heroes

After spooling through various webs sites that were rubbish, I found this sentence that made sense to me and confirmed what I previously though: “An icon is then two things at once; it is simultaneously an image and an idea, it is both a sign and a symbol.”  

Quote from: http://infocus.gettyimages.com/post/what-is-iconic-imagery#.U2JVBPldWy4

Here’s a couple of images that are considered iconic:

Che Guevara was an Argentinean-born, Cuban revolutionary leader who became a left-wing hero. Iconic image by Rene Burri.

 The most iconic image of the Tiananmen Square massacre, this picture depicts the important “unknown rebel” standing in front of the tanks that threatened a peaceful protest in China. Jeff Widener snapped this image.

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 National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry shot this iconic image of Sharbat Gula, a 12-year old Afghan girl. She was one of the students in an informal school within the refugee camp and her haunting face, a rarity to be so fully showcased, much less photographed, made it on the cover of National Geographic in 1985. Sharbat’s image captured the imagination of generations the world-over, becoming a symbol of the 1980 Afghan conflict and plight of refugees.

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After two decades of its iron separation of East and West Germany, the Berlin Wall finally fell on the evening of November 9, 1989. People gathered around the wall to see if it had actually fallen, and the border guards, who had no explicit instructions on what to do, let them through. Mass jubilation ensued.
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