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.
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ghost_target 48 months ago | reply
It's a great pic, but there were 6 Flag raisers
scroggins5000 47 months ago | reply
Maybe you should do one with six storm troopers and an imperial flag to please the military fanboys.
Genaral Patton 47 months ago | reply
I like it because it's so real
Genaral Patton 47 months ago | reply
Hey Ryanwsocceerboy it's better then you'll ever think
Katie-Rose 47 months ago | reply
Great shot!
Very moving.
The War shop 46 months ago | reply
Keeping history alive one Lego brick at a time! Nice!
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Ricardo Inada 46 months ago | reply
nice!
DanMadia 45 months ago | reply
Amazing work here, I really like what you have done here, the work is beautiful.
alxflickrrr 44 months ago | reply
Very nice picture, thanks for uploading it.
shrimp6 43 months ago | reply
Ive seen that same photo on you tube.
Serpent Lord 42 months ago | reply
epic
pongky © 41 months ago | reply
whoa, gotta love those helmets
candy_lett 40 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called lego world war II, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
candy_lett 40 months ago | reply
needs one more guy theres five that you can see you only have four
~legoboy2010~ 38 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called lego world war ll, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
The Lego Brick 37 months ago | reply
Great Shot! Unbelieveable
riczribeiro 32 months ago | reply
I'm a fan of your work now! :)
我見青山多嫵媚 31 months ago | reply
excellent!!!
dafox_1999 26 months ago | reply
Lovely work! (And yes, I'm a nitpicker, that's the post-1959 US flag, not the 48-star 1944 version... but it's still a great job of replicating the look and feel of the original!)
johnsbrana 12 months ago | reply
Well done! Love it.