They say it’s best to leave the past behind, and look ahead into the future. But what if someone’s different past could have changed the future we all live in today? Photographs are the simplest way of remembering the people we cared most about. And yet, sometimes a photograph is just meant to leave us speechless; sometimes an image doesn’t reveal a memory, but an epiphany or an even greater question we cannot answer. In the following lines we’re presenting 10 mind-blowing photos of the past. Some will amaze, others will shock you. Let’s have a closer look.
#1 Osama Bin Laden
In the photo above, Osama Bin Laden is the skinny teenager in the blue pants and green shirt, on the right. He’s smiling and he looks incredibly innocent. The picture was taken in the 1970s, when Osama was visiting Sweden with his family. About 30 years later, he founded al-Qaeda, an extremist militant organization that claimed to have attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001. Bin Laden was labeled an international terrorist and war criminal. He was captured and killed in 2011.