10 Ordinary Images That Are Actually Not So Simple (11 Photos)

When we usually look at a photograph, we immediately understand its meaning. But there are images that can evoke different emotions and make us use our imagination. In this post, you will see, at first glance, ordinary shots, but in fact, behind them lies an unexpected and disturbing story.





1. Tereska's House



This disturbing photograph was taken by David Seymour in 1948 in a home for emotionally disturbed children in Warsaw. That day, the children had to draw the word "home" on the board at the center. While some drew simple, ordinary homes, Teresa, who grew up in a concentration camp, had a completely different idea of ​​​​home.

2. Chernobyl Heroes





If it weren't for the three men in the photo, Alexey Ananenko (second from left) and Valery Bespalov (center), two nuclear engineers, and Boris Baranov (right), a worker at the Chernobyl power plant, millions more people would have suffered from the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster in Pripyat in 1986. In this photo, volunteers don protective gear to dive into highly radioactive waters and drain liquid near the reactor.

3. Childhood Friends



On April 6, 1972, workers at the French company Français went on strike in Saint-Brieuc, and the French police intervened. The photo, taken by Jacques Gourmelin, shows two people face to face. As it turned out, the two were childhood friends and immediately recognized each other.

4. Whites Only



On May 28, 1963, in Jackson, Mississippi, three young men sit at a whites only counter in protest. A crowd attacks them for their skin color, taunting them, insulting them, and throwing ketchup, mustard, and sugar at them. This continues for three hours until the owner of the restaurant decides to close.

5. When a House Moved in Romania



In early spring 1987, in Alba Iulia, Romania, the government decided to create a boulevard. However, an entire apartment building stood in the way of the plan. It was decided to divide the building into two parts and move the parts 55 meters apart. The building housed over eighty families and weighed over 7,600 tons. The process took almost six hours. It is said that people remained in the building throughout the entire moving process, and that, in addition, all utilities remained in working order.

6. In memory of my son



Antoine Agujian is a legendary French photographer of Armenian origin. He said of the photograph: "In 1998, I found myself in Aparan, a large town an hour outside of the capital of Armenia, Yerevan. That evening, a group of local dancers were performing in the open air. As soon as I took the first photograph, an old man approached me with tears streaming down his face. He told me that his son, his pride and joy, was dead, and that I looked just like him. He burst into tears and came toward me with his arms outstretched. His name was Ishran.

7. A Miracle



In 1917, three Portuguese shepherds claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary. She allegedly told them that she would appear again on Sunday, October 13, 1917 years to perform a miracle. Between 30,000 and 100,000 people gathered near the town of Fatima and witnessed an extraordinary solar activity that lasted for about 10 minutes. People reported seeing the sun “dancing” in the sky and emitting strange, vibrant colors. The event was officially declared a miracle by the Roman Catholic Church in 1930.

8. The Outraged Singer



On November 17, 1955, Maria Callas gave a triumphant performance at the Civic Opera House in Chicago. However, the real drama began after the opera was over. Officer Stanley Pringle and Deputy Sheriff Dan Smith burst into Callas's dressing room and served her with a subpoena for breach of contract. Maria was furious: "I'm not going to be sued! I have the voice of an angel! No one can sue me," she screamed. The press nicknamed Maria Callas "the tigress."

9. Fat Man



This 1945 photo shows physicist Harold Agnew of the Manhattan Project, a research group of scientists from the United States, Britain, and Canada involved in developing nuclear weapons during World War II. In the photo, Harold joyfully holds the plutonium core of the Model 1561 bomb, codenamed "Fat Man," one of the world's deadliest weapons of mass destruction, a machine weighing just over 13 pounds (6 kg) that killed 80,000 people. The heart of the Fat Man atomic bomb exploded over the Japanese city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.

10. Smile



The photograph shows Richard Hickock and Perry Smith, two murderers, shortly after being sentenced to death. They murdered a family of four, including two children. They had been planning a robbery, but when they found nothing of value, they simply killed them. The seemingly casual and indifferent smile on Perry's face gives the image an eerie atmosphere.