"Lee Harvey Oswald shot"
"Man vs. tanks in Tiananmen Square"
"VJ Day in Times Square"
If these phrases immediately conjured a distinct image in your mind, you're in good company. Like you, untold millions of people pictured the same thing.
That's what iconic means.
These are the dramatic images that have are embedded in our culture. They have come to define a historical event, a famous person -- or maybe even an entire generation."
The question that lingers on every person holding a camera's, mind.