Our Defining Moments
Look back on the moments that, through the power of photography, have been emblazoned into our collective consciousness.

Our Defining Moments: Woodstock
Burk Uzzle talks about how a simple embrace came to represent Woodstock’s “three days of peace and music.''
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Our Defining Moments: Montreal Bed-In
Photographer Tedd Church recalls the circumstances surrounding John and Yoko’s second ''Bed-In for Peace.''
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Our Defining Moments: The Ice Bowl
The infamous ''frozen tundra of Lambeau Field'' was the setting for the Ice Bowl, one of the greatest games in NFL history.
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Our Defining Moments: Bunny Detail
Photographer Burk Uzzle recalls a visit to the Playboy Mansion, which back in 1964 stood as a wonderland dedicated to quenching male curiosity ...
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Our Defining Moments: School Day
Picketers congregate outside a Nashville school while two first-graders learn to ''see Spot run'' in a nearly empty classroom.
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Our Defining Moments: Home from Vietnam
A crutch is cast aside as Lance Cpl. Perron Shinneman, who lost his leg to a land mine in Vietnam, takes his wife in his arms ...
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Our Defining Moments: A Cramped Conference Call
Everything you ever wanted to know about the lost art of telephone booth stuffing.
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Our Defining Moments: Flower Power
How an innocent gesture during the 1967 March on the Pentagon came to symbolize the beliefs of an entire generation ...
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Our Defining Moments: The Watts Riots
Taking a look back at the Watts Riots, uncovering the turmoil through the eyes of Los Angeles journalist Betty Pleasant.
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Our Defining Moments: The Play
How photographer Robert Stinnett captured both the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat in one incredible shot while witnessing ''The Play.''
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Our Defining Moments: The Unknown Rebel
The story behind the image that brought the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 to everyone's breakfast table.
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