Tag: Jeff Widener

  • Deception and One Last Roll of Film: The Story Behind the Tank Man Photo

    Deception and One Last Roll of Film: The Story Behind the Tank Man Photo

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    Deception and One Last Roll of Film: The Story Behind the Tank Man Photo As part of their incredible “100 Most Influential Photographs of All Time” project, TIME is telling the stories behind some of the most powerful via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/12/16/deception-one-last-roll-film-story-behind-tank-man-photo/ Widener shares this story in his own words in the video interview above. As…

  • Tank Man Revisited: More Details Emerge About the Iconic Image

    Tank Man Revisited: More Details Emerge About the Iconic Image

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/06/05/tiananmen/#1 Widener discovered that Martsen encountered gunfire and more soldiers after he left with the precious film and that he became lost trying to navigate back streets to find the Associated Press office. Martsen went to the U.S. embassy and handed over the film to…