December 27, 2016 6:25 AM EST
F rom 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.
See the full list of the 100 Most Influential Photos of All Time .
Sanna Dullaway is a photo editor based in Sweden.
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View from the Window at Le Gras by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, 1826.Getty Images View from the Window at Le Gras by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, 1826.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Getty Images Boulevard du Temple by Louis Daguerre, 1838.GraphicaArtis/Getty Images Boulevard du Temple by Louis Daguerre, 1838.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: GraphicaArtis/Getty Images The Valley of the Shadow of Death by Roger Fenton, 1855.The J. Paul Getty Museum The Valley of the Shadow of Death by Roger Fenton, 1855.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: The J. Paul Getty Museum Abraham Lincoln by Mathew Brady, 1860.Library of Congress Abraham Lincoln by Mathew Brady, 1860.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Library of Congress Cathedral Rock, Yosemite by Carleton Watkins, 1861.The J. Paul Getty Museum Cathedral Rock, Yosemite by Carleton Watkins, 1861.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: The J. Paul Getty Museum The Dead of Antietam by Alexander Gardner, 1862.Library of Congress The Dead of Antietam by Alexander Gardner, 1862.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Library of Congress Bandit's Roost, 59½ Mulberry Street by Jacob Riis, ca. 1888.Museum of the City of New York Bandit'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 York The Steerage by Alfred Stieglitz, 1907.The J. Paul Getty Museum The Steerage by Alfred Stieglitz, 1907.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: The J. Paul Getty Museum Girl Worker in Carolina Cotton Mill by Lewis Hine, 1908.Library of Congress Girl Worker in Carolina Cotton Mill by Lewis Hine, 1908.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Library of Congress Blind by Paul Strand, 1916.The J. Paul Getty Museum Blind by Paul Strand, 1916.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: The J. Paul Getty Museum Romanov Execution by Uknown Photographer, 1919.Harvard University Romanov Execution by Uknown Photographer, 1919.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Harvard University Hitler at a Nazi Party Rally by Heinrich Hoffmann, 1934.Timepix/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Hitler at a Nazi Party Rally by Heinrich Hoffmann, 1934.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Timepix/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange, 1936.Library of Congress Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange, 1936.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Library of Congress Fort Peck Dam by Margaret Bourke-White, 1936.The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Fort Peck Dam by Margaret Bourke-White, 1936.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Bloody Saturday by H.S. Wong, 1937.Office Of War Information/National Archives/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Bloody 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 Images American Gothic by Gordon Parks, 1942.Library of Congress American Gothic by Gordon Parks, 1942.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME/ original photograph: Library of Congress Betty Grable by Frank Powolny, 1943.Hulton Archive/Getty Images Betty Grable by Frank Powolny, 1943.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images Jewish Boy Surrenders in Warsaw by Unknown Photographer, 1943.Keystone/Getty Images Jewish Boy Surrenders in Warsaw by Unknown Photographer, 1943.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Keystone/Getty Images Flag Raising on Iwo Jima by Joe Rosenthal, 1945.AP Flag Raising on Iwo Jima by Joe Rosenthal, 1945.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: AP Mushroom Cloud Over Nagasaki by Lieutenant Charles Levy, 1945.Office of War Information/National Archives Mushroom Cloud Over Nagasaki by Lieutenant Charles Levy, 1945.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Office of War Information/National Archives V-J Day in Times Square by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1945.The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images V-J Day in Times Square by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1945.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Gandhi and the Spinning Wheel by Margaret Bourke-White, 1946.The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Gandhi and the Spinning Wheel by Margaret Bourke-White, 1946.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Country Doctor by W. Eugene Smith, 1948.The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Country Doctor by W. Eugene Smith, 1948.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images The Burning Monk by Malcolm Browne, 1963.AP The Burning Monk by Malcolm Browne, 1963.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: AP Chairman Mao Swims in the Yangtze by Unknown Photographer, 1966.Sovfoto/UIG via Getty Images Chairman Mao Swims in the Yangtze by Unknown Photographer, 1966.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Sovfoto/UIG via Getty Images Saigon Execution by Eddie Adams, 1968.AP Saigon Execution by Eddie Adams, 1968.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: AP The Terror of War by Nick Ut, 1972.AP The Terror of War by Nick Ut, 1972.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: AP Munich Massacre by Kurt Strumpf, 1972.AP Munich Massacre by Kurt Strumpf, 1972.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: AP Soweto Uprising by Sam Nzima, 1976.Sam Nzima Soweto Uprising by Sam Nzima, 1976.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: Sam Nzima Boat of No Smiles by Eddie Adams, 1977.AP Boat of No Smiles by Eddie Adams, 1977.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original photograph: AP More Must-Reads from TIME Caitlin Clark Is TIME's 2024 Athlete of the Year Where Trump 2.0 Will Differ From 1.0 Is Intermittent Fasting Good or Bad for You? 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