Photography, if you want to be clinical about it, is a simple transaction: light hits film or a sensor, and whatever falls inside that small rectangle of a viewfinder becomes an image. But the result is rarely clinical. A good photograph can knock the air out of you.
One Reddit thread happened to be an unlikely place to see that in action: a user asked people to share the “hardest” photos from their countries, and the replies came through with exactly that. Take a look below and see which ones live up to the prompt.
#41 India
This was the start of India's space program -- the first sounding rocket being transported on a bicycle in 1963. And in 2023, we became the fourth country to get to the Moon.
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27points
#43 Canada
Sidney Crosby just after scoring the golden goal in 2010. Canada has so many war and forest fire photos that I feel like a positive photo is way harder.
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26points
#45 The United States Of America
Tornado of Beaver City, Nebraska (1989) by Merrilee Thomas, depicting their daughter Audra and a tornado.
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24points
#50 Saudi Arabia
Fajr prayer in a shelter in eastern Saudi Arabia during the Gulf war.
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19points
#54 India
An Indian Air Force Sukhoi 30MK-1 with the Umaid Bhawan Palace as the backdrop.
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16points
#56 The United States Of America
I will look for ANY EXCUSE to show this image of Nixon bowling.
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10points
