One of the most famous American press photos in very good condition! With Associated Press caption sheet on the reverse (Rosenthal worked for Associated Press). AGE: shot 1945, printed c. 1975 PROCESS: analogue vintage gelatin silver print on RC Kodak paper DIMENSIONS: c. 25.3 x 20.3 cm CONDITION: overall very good – all imperfections as illustrated. Joseph John Rosenthal (October 9, 1911 – August 20, 2006) was an American photographer who received the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic World War II photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, taken during the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima. His picture became one of the best-known photographs of the war, and was replicated as the United States Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.