Drawar

This just always reminds me of a kind of understated individuality.

Technically it's not that superb but that's not what I see in it.

I've had a newspaper clipping on my kitchen message board for ages now:

It's a picture of the Mallory and Irvine Expedition, two mountaineers who tried climbing Mount Everest in 1924 but never came back.

Not sure why I like it so much. I'm not into that bravado of "hey let's risk our lives climbing a mountain no one can or should get to".

But I guess it's the naiveté of these guys who almost look like a bunch of tourists in their fancy dress, walking canes and hats ready for a stroll in the Himalayas.

Powerful image to me nonetheless.

*updated broken img link

I don't think I have a favorite picture, but this is a painting that my parents have had in their house for a long time, and is a definite favorite of mine.

By Ernest Watson, "Night Life at the Studio"

Is it lame to choose a baby picture?

At this point, this beauty is everywhere I look.

I've always loved this photo by Edward Chambré Hardman of the Ark Royal prior to it's launch in 1950, Liverpool.

There are so many others though, it's really hard to choose. I still find this fascinating after years of viewing though and it was the one that sprang to mind when I read the question, so I'll stick with it.

@publicenergy: That's a photo? Looks like a drawing.