Famous Photography: Raising The Flag On Iwo Jima

In the voting for top honors in famous photography, a lot of votes would surely go to “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima” by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945.  There have even been reenactments of this most unique of famous photography, as well as a Clint Eastwood movie, “Flags of Our Fathers” (2006).  It was not exactly your regular travel photography assignment.