Joe Rosenthal, photographer at Iwo Jima

[j_mcquillen]

Some of you may have already heard, but Joe Rosenthal, the Associated Press photographer who took the iconic image of American soldiers raising their flag on the island of Iwo Jima during the Second World War, has died aged 94.

Click:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2323101,00.html - for the Times article on his death

or:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Rosenthal - for Wikipedia's article on his life.

 

[craig]

Peace to the gods. They must have a great darkroom in heaven.