From Gordon Parks’ defining American Gothic to Frank Powolvy’s captivating portrait of Betty Grable and Eddie Adams’ harrowing Saigon Execution, countless photographs shot across the last 190 years have influenced history – altering our understanding of our world, impacting our governments’ policies and bearing witness to some of the world’s most important events.
Over the last three years, TIME worked with photo historians and editors, conducting thousands of interviews with photographers, picture subjects, their friends and family members and others, to present the list of the 100 Most Influential Photographs of All Time.
We asked the artist and photo editor Sanna Dullaway to colorize 30 of these iconic images.
View from the Window at Le Gras by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, 1826.Getty ImagesView from the Window at Le Gras by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, 1826.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Getty ImagesBoulevard du Temple by Louis Daguerre, 1838.GraphicaArtis/Getty ImagesBoulevard du Temple by Louis Daguerre, 1838.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: GraphicaArtis/Getty ImagesThe Valley of the Shadow of Death by Roger Fenton, 1855.The J. Paul Getty MuseumThe Valley of the Shadow of Death by Roger Fenton, 1855.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: The J. Paul Getty MuseumAbraham Lincoln by Mathew Brady, 1860.Library of CongressAbraham Lincoln by Mathew Brady, 1860.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Library of CongressCathedral Rock, Yosemite by Carleton Watkins, 1861.The J. Paul Getty MuseumCathedral Rock, Yosemite by Carleton Watkins, 1861.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: The J. Paul Getty MuseumThe Dead of Antietam by Alexander Gardner, 1862.Library of CongressThe Dead of Antietam by Alexander Gardner, 1862.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Library of CongressBandit's Roost, 59½ Mulberry Street by Jacob Riis, ca. 1888.Museum of the City of New YorkBandit's Roost, 59½ Mulberry Street by Jacob Riis, ca. 1888.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Museum of the City of New YorkThe Steerage by Alfred Stieglitz, 1907.The J. Paul Getty MuseumThe Steerage by Alfred Stieglitz, 1907.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: The J. Paul Getty MuseumGirl Worker in Carolina Cotton Mill by Lewis Hine, 1908.Library of CongressGirl Worker in Carolina Cotton Mill by Lewis Hine, 1908.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Library of CongressBlind by Paul Strand, 1916.The J. Paul Getty MuseumBlind by Paul Strand, 1916.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: The J. Paul Getty MuseumRomanov Executionby Uknown Photographer, 1919.Harvard UniversityRomanov Executionby Uknown Photographer, 1919.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Harvard UniversityHitler at a Nazi Party Rally by Heinrich Hoffmann, 1934.Timepix/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesHitler at a Nazi Party Rally by Heinrich Hoffmann, 1934.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Timepix/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesMigrant Mother by Dorothea Lange, 1936.Library of CongressMigrant Mother by Dorothea Lange, 1936.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Library of CongressFort Peck Dam by Margaret Bourke-White, 1936.The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesFort Peck Dam by Margaret Bourke-White, 1936.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesBloody Saturday by H.S. Wong, 1937.Office Of War Information/National Archives/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesBloody Saturday by H.S. Wong, 1937.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Office Of War Information/National Archives/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesAmerican Gothic by Gordon Parks, 1942.Library of CongressAmerican Gothic by Gordon Parks, 1942.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME/ original photograph: Library of CongressBetty Grable by Frank Powolny, 1943.Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesBetty Grable by Frank Powolny, 1943.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesJewish Boy Surrenders in Warsaw by Unknown Photographer, 1943.Keystone/Getty ImagesJewish Boy Surrenders in Warsaw by Unknown Photographer, 1943.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Keystone/Getty ImagesFlag Raising on Iwo Jima by Joe Rosenthal, 1945.APFlag Raising on Iwo Jima by Joe Rosenthal, 1945.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: APMushroom Cloud Over Nagasaki by Lieutenant Charles Levy, 1945.Office of War Information/National ArchivesMushroom Cloud Over Nagasaki by Lieutenant Charles Levy, 1945.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Office of War Information/National ArchivesV-J Day in Times Square by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1945.The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesV-J Day in Times Square by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1945.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesGandhi and the Spinning Wheel by Margaret Bourke-White, 1946.The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesGandhi and the Spinning Wheel by Margaret Bourke-White, 1946.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesCountry Doctor by W. Eugene Smith, 1948.The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesCountry Doctor by W. Eugene Smith, 1948.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesThe Burning Monk by Malcolm Browne, 1963.APThe Burning Monk by Malcolm Browne, 1963.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: APChairman Mao Swims in the Yangtze by Unknown Photographer, 1966.Sovfoto/UIG via Getty ImagesChairman Mao Swims in the Yangtze by Unknown Photographer, 1966.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Sovfoto/UIG via Getty ImagesSaigon Execution by Eddie Adams, 1968.APSaigon Execution by Eddie Adams, 1968.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: APThe Terror of War by Nick Ut, 1972.APThe Terror of War by Nick Ut, 1972.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: APMunich Massacre by Kurt Strumpf, 1972.APMunich Massacre by Kurt Strumpf, 1972.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: APSoweto Uprising by Sam Nzima, 1976.Sam NzimaSoweto Uprising by Sam Nzima, 1976.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Sam NzimaBoat of No Smiles by Eddie Adams, 1977.APBoat of No Smiles by Eddie Adams, 1977.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: AP