The BSW Impact Picture 30 Years After

Thirty years ago Bourrely-Soffer-Wu (BSW) investigated an impact picture description of $p-p$ and $\bar p -p$ elastic scattering with success. For this anniversary, a short review of the main features of this picture will be presented with its evolution over the years. The future experiments at the LHC collider will provide decisive tests for the impact picture at high energy.