Author Topic: Tiananmen Square - 'Tank Man' Photo - Interview with the photographer (Read 4923 times)

leaf · « **on:** June 03, 2009, 13:37 »

BBC has a little interview with Jeff Widener who took (one of) the 'Tank Man' photos which are so recognized.

check out the interview here
Photographer recalls Tiananmen

madelaide · « **Reply #1 on:** June 03, 2009, 20:33 »

Here is an article about the four photographers that captured this moment:

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/behind-the-scenes-tank-man-of-tiananmen/?hp

willie · « **Reply #2 on:** June 04, 2009, 17:11 »

Isn't it a coincidence that early this week China has blacked out internet connections to facebook, twitter, youtube, etc. I wonder if this has anything to do with it.

madelaide · « **Reply #3 on:** June 04, 2009, 17:14 »

I don't think it is any coincidence at all. They don't want this to be discussed. There were memorial protests in Hong Kong and that is enough.

willie · « **Reply #4 on:** June 04, 2009, 17:54 »

Quote from: madelaide on June 04, 2009, 17:14

I don't think it is any coincidence at all. They don't want this to be discussed. There were memorial protests in Hong Kong and that is enough.

Hey maybe it's the Chinese government jamming up MSG for publishing this . That's why MSG's been having problem these past few days.

ShadySue · « **Reply #5 on:** June 04, 2009, 17:54 »

Quote from: leaf on June 03, 2009, 13:37

BBC has a little interview with Jeff Widener who took (one of) the 'Tank Man' photos which are so recognized.

Thanks for posting this link. Very interesting.

puravida · « **Reply #6 on:** June 04, 2009, 17:59 »

Quote from: ShadySue on June 04, 2009, 17:54

Quote from: leaf on June 03, 2009, 13:37
BBC has a little interview with Jeff Widener who took (one of) the 'Tank Man' photos which are so recognized.

Thanks for posting this link. Very interesting.

here's the wiki for the historical background
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989

null · « **Reply #7 on:** June 04, 2009, 22:49 »

Quote from: madelaide on June 03, 2009, 20:33

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/behind-the-scenes-tank-man-of-tiananmen/?hp

I wonder if a flash card would hold out against the water of a flush tank. Shows how photojournalism is determined by technology. Nowadays, the real pros upload sensitive stuff immediately by GPRS. Some cellphone cams are pretty good for news events. China can't really control the internet any more, there are loads of proxies everywhere.