Tank Man
I ran across a great article, Behind the Scenes: Tank Man of Tiananmen via Lens Blog @ NYTimes.com, detailing the stories behind the famous shot from Tiananmen Square. The article marks the twentieth anniversary of the crackdown and the publication of those images.
Twenty years ago, on June 5, 1989, following weeks of massive protests in Beijing, resulting in the deaths of hundreds, a lone man stepped in front of a column of tanks rumbling past Tiananmen Square. The moment instantly became a symbol of the protests as well as a symbol against oppression worldwide — an anonymous act of defiance seared into our collective consciousnesses.
The story includes both the four famous photos and blurbs from the photographers who took these iconic images, so it is well worth checking out.
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