A woderful piece of international photography, influencial and powerful in its message.
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The incident took place just a minute away from Tiananmen on Chang'an Avenue, which leads into the Forbidden City, Beijing, on 5 June 1989, the day after the Chinese government began cracking down violently on the protests in Tiananmen Square. The man stood alone in the middle of the road as the tanks approached. He held two bags, one in each hand. As the tanks came to a stop, he appeared to be trying to wave them away. In response, the front tank attempted to drive around the man, but the man repeatedly stepped into the path of the tank in a show of nonviolent action. This photo was taken from the sixth floor of the Beijing Hotel, about half a mile away, through a 400mm lens.
