man: Thirty years on from the violent crushing of pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square, the man's identity remains unknown; it is by no means certain he is still alive, according to The Guardian. But the photograph that captured his solitary moment of dissent in June 1989 remains one of the most memorable images of the last century, known universally as Tank Man. The man's shoulders are rounded, almost passive in front of the four tanks whose gun barrels are raised as if in an ironic salute. Jeff Widener was not the only photographer to capture the scene, but it is his image listed as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential of all time that has become the most famous. I think I was lucky I was using such a fine-grained film. Every Tank Man photo has a different flavour.
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