1. Iconic images of the modern world

2. This PowerPoint presentation gives examples with which to model a consideration of iconic images (1945-present). This leads to the first assessment task: A presentation on an iconic image of the modern world of your choice. TASK: Students are to choose TWO images from the period (1945 to the present) to present and comment on. One must be Australian in content; the other can be anything of their choice. These images are to be pasted into a document with responses to the following questions (below). Students will present ONE of these images to the class in the third week of this unit, at which time the completed document will also be submitted.

3. CONTENT & CONTEXT: What is this image of? When was it taken? Who took it? Briefly explain the context. CONTINUITY & CHANGE: Why is this image iconic? What change or historic development does the image express/show?

4. A cultural icon can be a symbol, logo, picture, name, face, person, building or other image that is readily recognized and generally represents an object or concept with great cultural significance to a wide cultural group. A representation of an object or person, or that object or person may come to be regarded as having a special status as particularly representative of, or important to, or loved by, a particular group of people, a place, or a period in history. In the media, many well-known manifestations of popular culture have been described as "iconic".

5. Some possible recourses The Jacana Photo Library - 100 Iconic Images 13 Photographs That Changed the World The Ten Most Iconic Photos Of The 1940s The Most Iconic Photos Of The 1960s The Most Iconic Images Of The 1970s The Most Iconic Images Of The 1980s The Most Iconic Images Of The 90s The Most Iconic Images Of The 2000s

6. Sailor kissing girl in Times Square, 1945

7. Bodies of prisoners at Buchenwald, 1945

8. Raising the flag on Iwo Jima, 1945

9. Nagasaki Atomic Bomb, 1945

10. Marilyn Monroe's famous photo, 1954

11. The Attack of the 50 Ft Woman, 1958

12. The American Cadillac, 1959

13. ‘How Life Begins’ (Life Magazine), 1965

14. St Kilda Lifesavers, 1968

15. The Photograph That Ended a War But Ruined a Life ‘Murder of a Vietcong by Saigon Police Chief,’ 1968

16. First manned Moon landing, 1969

17. Industry Exploits Women, Melbourne, 1974

18. Richard Nixon leaves the White House, 1974

19. Prime Minister Gough Whitlam pours soil into hand of traditional landowner Vincent Lingiari, 1975

20. Deborah Thomas at the Melbourne Cup, 1977

21. Charles & Diana's wedding, 1981

22. Challenger disaster, 1986

23. The Unknown Rebel, 1989

24. Vulture stalking child in Sudan, 1993

25. Cathy Freeman wins 400m at Olympics, 2000

26. WTC attack on 11th September, 2001

27. Saddam Hussein captured, 2003

28. Lynddie England and prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison, Iraq, 2004

29. Apple and Google, 2007

30. Royal Wedding, 2011

31. Charles & Diana's wedding, 1981

32. Kiss during Vancouver riots, 2011

33. Sailor kissing girl in Times Square, 1945