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Classic photographs done in LEGOs (PICS)

flickr.com — Flickr user Balakov has recreated 19 memorable moments from world events, photography and sports in LEGO blocks. Can you guess the source photos without looking?

Who dugg this? Made popular Jun 6, 2008

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ethomas046, on 06/06/2008, -0/+279Side by Side with Originals:

Here you go:

http://1dak.com/art/reflection-of-life-with-legos- ...
Omek, on 06/06/2008, -3/+258Nice... It's rather strange to see them all smiling in war scenarios though.
Chan815, on 06/06/2008, -5/+135Dugg for tennis girl
tonich03, on 06/06/2008, -3/+100The blog that gets these and puts them side to side with the originals will get my digg... just throwing it out there.
IphtashuFitz, on 06/06/2008, -0/+60Not to mention the one of the Buddhist monk who immolated himself. It's downright freaky to see the smiles in those recreations of rather serious/intense situations.
Zoctogon, on 06/06/2008, -0/+46Let the Lego vs Legos war begin.
moat211, on 06/06/2008, -1/+38Dugg for the "Hand of God" goal.
consoneo, on 06/06/2008, -0/+31That should have been the original digg. Bravo!
shaggyb, on 06/06/2008, -0/+29The one of the guy getting executed was quite disturbing with the smiley face...
mmg81, on 06/07/2008, -2/+26Photograph credits
1: Henri Cartier Bresson
2: Charles C. Ebbets
3. Robert Capa
4. ??? No idea
5. Henri Cartier Bresson
6. Eddie Adams
7. Bernie Boston
8. Alfred Eisenstaedt
9. Jeff Widener, Charlie Cole,Stuart Franklin
10. Joe Rosenthal
11. Martin Elliott
12. Charles C. Ebbets
13. Neil Armstrong
14. Ian Bradshaw
15. ???
16. ???
17. Robert Capa
18. Robert Capa
19. Malcolm Browne

Whoever made this was a big fan of Magnum photographers.
MadOgre, on 06/07/2008, -0/+23I think the lego smiles makes some of them creepy as hell.
inactive, on 06/06/2008, -2/+23you also find crap and cam whores.
str1fe, on 06/07/2008, -0/+20It missed a few, most notably the monk on fire.
BoydRE, on 06/07/2008, -0/+20http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_Girl
Markpdotcom, on 06/07/2008, -1/+17There is no war. Its just LEGO. Its a trademarked name.

From the LEGO website:

"Please be sure to spell the brand name "LEGO" in capital letters and use it as an adjective and not a noun. For example you should write "Models built of LEGO bricks" and not "Models built of Lego"."

http://www.lego.com/eng/service/faqs.asp?section=C ...
Cornloaf, on 06/07/2008, -1/+17Leggo? As in my Eggo?
Brodels, on 06/07/2008, -0/+15The obvious is good enough.
kappuru, on 06/07/2008, -0/+15Needs Lee Harvey Oswald getting shot by Jack Ruby. The rest are excellent and immediately identifiable though.

/photo student
tonich03, on 06/06/2008, -1/+16Seriously, is that photograph famous? What for?(Besides the obvious reasons)
T8erT0T, on 06/06/2008, -2/+15Would have been better to do a side-by-side of the actual to Lego.
karkin, on 06/06/2008, -2/+14They all look so happy!
Klarth, on 06/07/2008, -6/+17Great article. Second time I've redd it today, MrBabyMan.
thegallery, on 06/07/2008, -1/+12http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7a/Tenn ...
Coffeedemon, on 06/07/2008, -0/+10I saw it for the first time because he posted it here.
kss42, on 06/07/2008, -1/+11i think mrbabyman is a pretty cool guy. eh submits storeis and doesn't afraid of anything.
BirdCatcher, on 06/07/2008, -0/+10http://1dak.com/art/reflection-of-life-with-legos- ...
Rage67, on 06/07/2008, -0/+10I have one...
Lego is Lego, not Legos... just saying it sounds wrong
voodoosteve84, on 06/07/2008, -0/+9I busted out laughing when I saw storm troopers
windandstorm, on 06/07/2008, -0/+9Especially that guy on fire!
szap, on 06/07/2008, -0/+8Here are the originals. Of course when I was halfway through making this list, I realized that if you click the "I" at the center of the pictures on flickr it brings up all the information. Here they are anyway.

1: Henri Cartier Bresson
http://www.afterimagegallery.com/bressonbehind.htm
2: Charles C. Ebbets
http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/24/smooky.1a/0_afdf ...
3. Robert Capa
http://www.manwithapen.com/Capa.jpg
4. Henri Cartier Bresson
http://www.afterimagegallery.com/bressonmadrid.htm
5. Henri Cartier Bresson
http://www.afterimagegallery.com/bressonmarne.htm
6. Eddie Adams
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2004/09/19/obi ...
7. Bernie Boston
http://tramafotografica.files.wordpress.com/2008/0 ...
8. Alfred Eisenstaedt
http://www.cs.brown.edu/courses/cs024/images/canon ...
9. Jeff Widener, Charlie Cole,Stuart Franklin
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d8/Tian ...
10. Joe Rosenthal
http://www.thebernoullieffect.com/archives/photos/ ...
11. Martin Elliott
(NSFW) http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/imageBank/t/T ...
12. Charles C. Ebbets
http://aula.info.hu/cards/postcards/us-01-lunchtim ...
13. Neil Armstrong
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/a/j0182769. ...
14. Ian Bradshaw
http://cigalemistralavande.c.i.pic.centerblog.net/ ...
15. Norman Potter
http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=69149&rendTypeId=4
16. ???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hand_of_God_goa ...
17. Robert Capa
http://sionphoto.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/20 ...
18. Robert Capa
http://warhistorian.org/blog1/images/capa-omaha2.j ...
19. Malcolm Browne
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/78/Burn ...
ChantryChantry, on 06/07/2008, -0/+7going to reddit is just looking into digg's future
eSentrik, on 06/07/2008, -0/+7Dugg for lego!
str1fe, on 06/07/2008, -0/+7At least post the actual article...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_Girl
malvado, on 06/07/2008, -1/+8which one? they were both staged.
Snokage, on 06/06/2008, -0/+7it seems that our addiction to lego stuff is unhealthy
bmarc, on 06/07/2008, -0/+7thanks for sharing..
schrankage, on 06/07/2008, -0/+7I think the originals looked a lot more realistic.
SadMartigan, on 11/25/2008, -0/+6flickr loves you
sf49rox, on 06/06/2008, -2/+8I wish instead of the Hand of God, they had Zidane's headbutt
redfred18t, on 06/07/2008, -1/+7The burning monk is just pure awesome.
JamesZB, on 06/07/2008, -1/+7The Lego Group encourages people to call them Lego Bricks, not Legos.
MrBabyMan, on 06/07/2008, -2/+8Digg Community= 3 million registered users. "majority of the Digg community"= more than 1.5 million registered users. This tweet turned up exponentially more supporters than detractors. Sorry to disappoint you. Feel free to block me if you don't want to see my contributions, however.
LoveYouSomeEric, on 06/07/2008, -0/+6They went through a lot of training on how to use the Hasselblad 500EL cameras that they took up with them, though I imagine that it would be really hard to make the first photos ever taken on the moon NOT look epic. Interestingly, there are 12 of those cameras still on the moon. They brought back all the film but left the bodies.
theboozer, on 06/07/2008, -1/+6Word. Burning monk FTW.
Hererinc, on 06/07/2008, -1/+6great photos.. well crafted and staged... great use of depth of field..
rpong1981, on 06/06/2008, -1/+6Contrary to tonich03 and T9erT0T, I enjoyed guessing the picture and source then clicking for background information. I like that flickr doesn't expose the information early and allows for it to be more of a guessing game as opposed to side by side. Dugg for the sources and links to the original pictures. This post was entertaining and kept me from doing work on a Friday afternoon. Thanks
EpicSelekta, on 06/07/2008, -0/+5I'd say it's rather zen
GoMegaMan426, on 06/07/2008, -2/+7I find it strangely fascinating that Nguyen Ngoc Loan, South Vietnam’s national police chief, is smiling as he is executing the VC captain. Wait the prisoner is smiling too. LOL!
jedisushi, on 06/06/2008, -16/+21I love being a part of the Flickr community. You can always find inspiring work there to brighten up your day. It's one of my favorite places on the internet.
s4g4n, on 06/06/2008, -4/+9Jesus looks pissed in slide 14.
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