A Lego recreation of Joe Rosenthal's 1945 photograph "Raising the flag on Iwo Jima". One of the most published photographs in history.
Original here ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:WW2_Iwo_Jima_flag_raising.jpg
Lego soldiers from www.brickarms.com
Setup shot here ... www.flickr.com/photos/balakovsetup/2452837460/
Print available on Redbubble.
This photo was taken on April 26, 2008 using a Nikon D200.
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*Hairbear, Biel Grimalt, Steffan Harries, sahbapasta, and 704 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Lillput (62 months ago | reply)
Classic.
Beautifully done, Mike!
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Doctor Sinister (62 months ago | reply)
Yes!
Dr. S.
jonathenharty (62 months ago | reply)
Another belter...well done.
cerodeinteres (62 months ago | reply)
excellent!!!!!
Steffan Harries (62 months ago | reply)
I love these lego recreations. My favourite has to be the Robert Capa one. Very surreal and well thought!
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....Tim (62 months ago | reply)
Awesome....
_Skotta_ (62 months ago | reply)
That is just b***** marvellous. Like always.
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flaviochan (62 months ago | reply)
Fantastic! :D
zorg_the_indivisible (62 months ago | reply)
stunning work....
lobstergirlfrommars (www.lisatattersonphotography. (62 months ago | reply)
Excellent Lego recreation, these are soo cool.
josivanrodrigues (62 months ago | reply)
Fantastic !
J.
Chris.Whitpan (62 months ago | reply)
I was kinda hoping you would do that one! Great!
Rodolpho Lupus (62 months ago | reply)
Perfect work!
Congrats!
lawrence_thefourth (62 months ago | reply)
awesome!
piacere (62 months ago | reply)
Your work is amazing!
graff81 (62 months ago | reply)
Very creative, love it.
Troileh (62 months ago | reply)
You are cool dude ;). Keep on it, I love yuour work.
.Pete. (62 months ago | reply)
hehe. awesome!
hippotam (61 months ago | reply)
Great! Blogged at Klocki.
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ryanwsoccerboy (61 months ago | reply)
It STINKS! You copied Nathan Sawaya
rachel.am (61 months ago | reply)
I love this.
jrbechthold (61 months ago | reply)
This is glorious.
Wonderful.
ndrgrnd-old account#2 (61 months ago | reply)
ah ah cool
MarkyCDavis (60 months ago | reply)
very charming
rowan_winter (60 months ago | reply)
"But where are the black lego characters?" - Spike Lee :)
Amy Lauren (60 months ago | reply)
wonderful!
gblvr (60 months ago | reply)
These are all so good, but I like this one best, as the original photograph is one of my favorites....
Mullers (60 months ago | reply)
Amazing! Easily one of the best of the lot, but it's incredibly hard to choose.
Chris, (60 months ago | reply)
That's awesome.
Pockafwye (60 months ago | reply)
You are obviously using your Lego photo powers for awesome!
(spotted over at WWdN: In Exile)
Neil Weightman (60 months ago | reply)
Excellent! Well done.
Sebastien Lenelle (60 months ago | reply)
Classic. Featured on the beeb: news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/in_ pictures_ins...
kentbaddeley (60 months ago | reply)
genius
janthenat (60 months ago | reply)
Very nice, even though you're a couple fellows short...
Let's not forget that there were six flag raisers that day.
www.iwojima.com/raising/raisingc.htm
Balakov (60 months ago | reply)
Yes there were 6. However I only have 4 soldiers, and it seemed wrong to add a couple of Stormtroopers in there to make up the numbers.
Thiago Pinheiro (60 months ago | reply)
very very nice :]
resperado (60 months ago | reply)
"picking up the pieces"
BrunoLourenço (59 months ago | reply)
My new wallpaper now.
Kevin Borland (59 months ago | reply)
What can I say? Absolutely awesome.
mrjohnhell (59 months ago | reply)
I love the fact that the "original" is itself a recreation, since Rosenthal didn't have his camera aimed at the action when they initially placed the flag. It's all so meta. Great job.
kjamma4 (59 months ago | reply)
Cool but...48 stars on the flag, not 50.
Morbit Photography [deleted] (57 months ago | reply)
nice :)
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Philip the Great (57 months ago | reply)
very authentic.
linekalacerda (57 months ago | reply)
This one is the best!
M.Roemer (56 months ago | reply)
Brilliant!
hsukuanchieh (56 months ago | reply)
WoW ~
Andréia Sartorelli [deleted] (56 months ago | reply)
a friend sent me your link!
I love it!
ayitta1988 [deleted] (55 months ago | reply)
well done"
nice work
JollyJu (54 months ago | reply)
How cool is that? Love it!
bruce n h (54 months ago | reply)
Hi, I've started a group called LEGO desktops. It'd be great to add your photo to this group.