Photo of the Decade

FRISKY | CLASSOUND - May 2012 - Luis Bondio

December 18th, 2009 photography | | | ##

Perhaps no other photo sums up the decade like this one. Its dubed “The Falling Man.” To this day, the identity of the person remains unknown. There’s something strangely, and tragically uplifting in this photo. This person chose to end his life on his terms, not the terrorists. He chose not to be consumed by the fires up in the top floors of the Twin Towers. And whats even more fitting - he chooses to dive head-first into his demise. What an incredible, iconic photo of the decade thats seen war for the most part all over the world. And ultimately, it all boils down to this: Human Choice.

If you want to read further, you should read Esquire’s Tom Junod’s article here, which Ive previously blogged about here.

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