Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Wang Weilin (posited) Known for. Iconic photo of him obstructing tanks during the aftermath of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. The Tank Man (also known as the Unknown Protester or Unknown Rebel) is the nickname given to an unidentified individual, presumed to be a Chinese man, who stood in front of a column of Type 59 tanks ...
Jeff Widener's iconic "Tank Man" photo on June 5, 1989, showing an unidentified man standing in front of a column of tanks after the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing, China. - Jeff Widener/AP
Photographer. Known for. Tank Man photograph. Jeff Widener (born August 11, 1956) is an American photographer, best known for his image of the Tank Man confronting a column of tanks in Tiananmen Square in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 which made him a nominated finalist for the 1990 Pulitzer, although he did not win. [1]
Charlie Cole (February 28, 1955 – September 5, 2019) [1] [2] [3] was an American photojournalist, one of the five photographers who captured the iconic image of the Tank Man during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. [4] Cole was born in 1955 in Bonham, Texas, United States. [5] [6] He moved to Japan in 1980, where he worked for ...
American photojournalist Charlie Cole, whose career will forever be associated with the iconic photograph of the "Tank Man", the Chinese office worker facing down a column of tanks during the 1989 ...
The iconic “tank man” photo that came to symbolize the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has been recreated with inflatables in Taipei ahead of the 30th anniversary of the pro-democracy protests ...
1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre Part of the Cold War, the Revolutions of 1989 and the Chinese democracy movement Protesters in Tiananmen Square on 2 June (top), and tanks in Beijing in July (bottom) Date Initial protests: 15 April – 4 June 1989 (1 month, 2 weeks and 6 days) Massacre: 3–4 June 1989 (1 day); 35 years ago Location Beijing, China and 400 cities nationwide Tiananmen ...
The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre were the first of their type shown in detail on Western television. [1] The Chinese government's response was denounced, particularly by Western governments and media. [2] Criticism came from both Western and Eastern Europe, North America, Australia and some east Asian and Latin American countries.