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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift kiss after an AFC Championship NFL football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, in Baltimore. The Kansas City Chiefs won 17-10. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Celebrating 90 years of innovation in photojournalism
The Associated Press has always been at the forefront of photojournalism, capturing the moments that shape our world and connecting audiences with history as it unfolds. This year, we celebrate 90 years of AP Wirephoto, the technology that transmitted photos from 1935, bringing unforgettable images of pivotal cultural moments, historical milestones, and groundbreaking innovations to millions worldwide at near instantaneous speed.
FILE – This is a June 8, 1972 file photo of South Vietnamese forces follow after terrified children, including 9-year-old Kim Phuc, center, as they run down Route 1 near Trang Bang after an aerial napalm attack on suspected Viet Cong hiding places . Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg on Friday Sept. 9, 2016 challenged Facebook’s restrictions on nude photos by posting an iconic 1972 image of a naked girl running from an aerial napalm attack in Vietnam. The Pulitzer Prize-winning image by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut is at the center of a heated debate about freedom of speech in Norway after Facebook deleted it from a Norwegian author’s page last month. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
Historic images
Since 1846, we have been first to inform the world of many of history’s most important moments, from the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the bombing of Pearl Harbor to the fall of the Shah of Iran and the death of Pope John Paul.
The Wax Lake Outlet, right, and Wax Lake Delta, part of the Atchafalaya Basin, seen from 8,500 feet in an aerial photo in St. Mary Parish, La., May 25, 2021. Scientists from NASA are studying the delta; along with a half-dozen universities they aim to create computer models that can be used with satellite data to let countries around the world learn which parts of their dwindling deltas can be shored up and which are past hope. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Migrants sit under a sign marking the Panama-Colombia border during their trek across the Darien Gap, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Award-winning images
Our photojournalists have a keen eye for news, earning 36 Pulitzer Prizes and numerous other awards for photography.
FILE – This is a June 8, 1972 file photo of South Vietnamese forces follow after terrified children, including 9-year-old Kim Phuc, center, as they run down Route 1 near Trang Bang after an aerial napalm attack on suspected Viet Cong hiding places . Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg on Friday Sept. 9, 2016 challenged Facebook’s restrictions on nude photos by posting an iconic 1972 image of a naked girl running from an aerial napalm attack in Vietnam. The Pulitzer Prize-winning image by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut is at the center of a heated debate about freedom of speech in Norway after Facebook deleted it from a Norwegian author’s page last month. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
The Wax Lake Outlet, right, and Wax Lake Delta, part of the Atchafalaya Basin, seen from 8,500 feet in an aerial photo in St. Mary Parish, La., May 25, 2021. Scientists from NASA are studying the delta; along with a half-dozen universities they aim to create computer models that can be used with satellite data to let countries around the world learn which parts of their dwindling deltas can be shored up and which are past hope. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Migrants sit under a sign marking the Panama-Colombia border during their trek across the Darien Gap, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
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