Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Big Three

Original - Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill at the Yalta Conference

Reason: The encyclopedic value of this picture can not possibly be understated. It is one of the few images that shows all of the Big 3 together, and nearly every history textbook in existence includes some variant of it. The picture may have some technical imperfections, but it is of high resolution, and it is clear. In any case, the encyclopedic value of it is so high as to more than compensate for any minor deficiencies. There is also a color version of this image (File:Yalta summit 1945 with Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin.jpg), but it is of much lower resolution.
Articles this image appears in: Yalta Conference
Creator: US Government photographer

Support as nominator --Cool3 (talk) 16:04, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I'm conflicted. The color alternative is actually a different shot, but I like it better (aside from the resolution). The interactions are much more significant in the color one, with Churchill looking and Roosevelt facing each other and turned away from Stalin, who looks off to his left. This one is still quite good, and the encyclopedic value is very high of course, but the scratches are distracting. Have you searched the Library of Congress site to see if there are lossless scans from which a restoration would be done?--ragesoss (talk) 20:04, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, the color shot is a bit more significant. As are some other versions of the shot, such as this one, but that picture doesn't appear to be PD, according to the information it comes from the Encyclopedia Britannica archives. The version displayed here is originally from the Department of Defense, and it's the only one in their archives. Obviously, it would be ideal to find a high resolution version of the color one, but I don't think such an image exists (digitally). Personally, though, I think that this shot is better than some of the more formal ones, as it's a "candid" of the three leaders. Cool3 (talk) 21:26, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 12:42, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]