National Geographic chose this as the best picture of 1987, and for good reason. National Geographic chose this as the best picture of 1987, and for good reason. Here, we see Dr. Zbigniew Religa keeping watch on the vital signs of a patient after a 23 hour heart surgery he conducted. In the lower right corner, you can see one of his colleagues who helped … [Read more...] about The history of a picture that changed the world