A Lego recreation of Jeff Widener's 1989 photograph of "The unknown rebel".
Original here ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tianasquare.jpg
Setup shot here ...
www.flickr.com/photos/balakovsetup/2377765369/
It took me hours to make 4 identical Lego tanks from my big bag of random Lego bits! I could have saved some time and only made three.
Print available on Redbubble.
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andres musta 43 months ago | reply
fantastic series and a truly iconic image. genius!
LetoCarvalho 42 months ago | reply
Just fantastic. Well done my friend!
bennylin0724 42 months ago | reply
It is just as powerful in lego. hahah~~
kalloz 42 months ago | reply
geat shot!!!!
ProVee1Kenobi 40 months ago | reply
Fantastic shot... I wonder if this photo is accesible on Flickr in China..??
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RicardoATB 40 months ago | reply
Very, very good!
I<3 legos in general 39 months ago | reply
awesome! OCD detail: the bag is in the wrong hand. sorry, just had to skweeze dat 'un out
Frank Kehren 37 months ago | reply
great idea
_wli 36 months ago | reply
hi
I have added your tank hero to my profile badge generator for the tiananmen square incident viiv.me/#profile
please have a look and hope you are okay with it.
trichotillo 36 months ago | reply
I like this series, but is this really the best subject to be recreated in Legos? It's a little insensitive.
Felipe Santa [deleted] 35 months ago | reply
Notables montajes...:D se pasooooooooooooo!
Gustavo Solmott 35 months ago | reply
Espectacular. Great work.
@choum :)(: 33 months ago | reply
Amazing!
Tim Knopf 31 months ago | reply
great hommage....the original makes me almost cry.
CarlosHmvc 31 months ago | reply
Just Amazing!
LindsayCurren 30 months ago | reply
May I use your Tiananemen Square shot for an article in Transition Voice magazine? We're all volunteer, and it's all online: www.transitionvoice.com
Best,
Lindsay Curren
Balakov 30 months ago | reply
Ben Lepley +_+ 12 months ago | reply
Add to the Boing Boing group
Magdalena Gonciarz 12 months ago | reply
Awesome!
[bug.a] 8 months ago | reply
Isn't that a classic too?