Tiananmen Square
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.
Comments and faves
 Jany , teafordinner, Roc Herms, Doctor Sinister, and 1165 other people added this photo to their favorites.
yeright [deleted] (62 months ago | reply)
awesome!!!
✁☄ KAIRUUINZURO ✁☄ (62 months ago | reply)
fantarstic!
 Jany  (62 months ago | reply)
Oh I love this photo...the original and the lego version!!
jonathenharty (62 months ago | reply)
Superb recreation once again.
PassengerFiftySeven (62 months ago | reply)
This whole series is ridiculous - but absolutely brilliant! Well done on all the shots.
@PauloZanella (62 months ago | reply)
i love your recriations with lego
soon i will make some lego shots again
kidfiction (62 months ago | reply)
Love it! When does he crawl all over the tank?
Liam Kearney (62 months ago | reply)
Well done!
smileyjohn (62 months ago | reply)
Amazing, very creative!
Stijn Vogels (62 months ago | reply)
Great reconstruction, but this will surely be blocked by the Big Chinese Firewall.
Tj Tantiangco [deleted] (62 months ago | reply)
very well done!
cameracar (62 months ago | reply)
!!!!!!
tanaise (62 months ago | reply)
You can reuse the tanks in the Prague Spring photos.
_alef_ (62 months ago | reply)
Great concept and well executed!
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Steffan Harries (62 months ago | reply)
Great stuff! I really like these re-creations of famous images.
seoulsuzy (62 months ago | reply)
This is fabulous. I think the whole Lego series is very very creative.
kralefski (62 months ago | reply)
Amazing. You're a genius. I took the liberty of posting this in my blog, with a link to the picture in flickr and to your photostream, of course.
Guilherme M (62 months ago | reply)
wonderful, wonderful man!
petilipois (62 months ago | reply)
hahahahaha you're great man.
What about Robert Capa Spanish Civil War or Day D in Normandie?
{ circle }.. (॓.॔)ﾉﾞ (62 months ago | reply)
creative!
harbingercrow (62 months ago | reply)
i love the imperial logo at the end of the tank canons. that just makes it right there. that's attention to detail.
mcenal (62 months ago | reply)
Fantastic work. I wonder if anyone noticed that the briefcase was in the other hand?
Balakov (62 months ago | reply)
There are two versions of this photo, this one has the bag in his right hand ... www.worldsfamousphotos.com/tiananmen-square-1 989.html
... and that's the one I planned on recreating, but I didn't have enough lego for the bus :) That's why the briefcase is in that hand, but yes, technically it is in the wrong hand.
liuqinghou (62 months ago | reply)
China,would you shoot me too?
StLuke [deleted] (62 months ago | reply)
hahah oh man!! what a great idea!! congrats!
Lillput (62 months ago | reply)
Fab shot, Mike. Lovely stuff.
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Tom Craggs (62 months ago | reply)
Well done on getting these published, saw them in todays Metro.
sausyn (62 months ago | reply)
great job!
svejetosranje (62 months ago | reply)
Zbigniew Libera. the true LEGO artist!!
Michael Smith (62 months ago | reply)
You are a genius. 'Nuff said.
Eric Hands (62 months ago | reply)
Congratulations !
....Tim (62 months ago | reply)
Seen you all over the UK press today - how do you do it?
jonathenharty (62 months ago | reply)
Yes, just seen your images in the Mail......well done.
go79 [deleted] (62 months ago | reply)
phantastik lego photos !!!
Rodolpho Lupus (62 months ago | reply)
Fantastic Fantastic!
Very creative!
Congrats!
Ian cotta (62 months ago | reply)
Amazing...
Congrats
Anderson Carvalho (62 months ago | reply)
Wonderfull...
Congrats!!!
mark_rutley (62 months ago | reply)
Congratulations on your photos being published in the DAILY MAIL!
eok3 (62 months ago | reply)
great idea! keep it up....
no che?
Stéfan (62 months ago | reply)
Awesome!
Leo Souza (62 months ago | reply)
amazing recreation. i really love the idea. great photos. congrats !
| Andreas | (62 months ago | reply)
awesome!
Jill @ marvin4pet (62 months ago | reply)
Well! I'm totally stunned, and just spent a chunk of time browsing these when I should have been working!!! Genius
..Oscar d'Empaire.. Private Stream (62 months ago | reply)
stunning!
yasu2909 (62 months ago | reply)
nice work!
Phil Stronge (62 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Ultimate Tribute Photography, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
labrujy (61 months ago | reply)
nice one!!
david in den bosch [deleted] (61 months ago | reply)
This one is almost as good as the original :P haha
miguelhv (60 months ago | reply)
Amazing!, the whole set is just genious ;)
霄龍 (60 months ago | reply)
you r making anther history! brilliant work！a great artist is one who has a beautifully mind!