Four cameramen became famous for photographs of the “Tank Man” in Tiananmen Square. This image was taken by Jeff Widener. Photo: AP Four cameramen became famous for photographs of the “Tank Man” in Tiananmen Square. This image was taken by Jeff Widener. Photo: AP
Four cameramen became famous for photographs of the “Tank Man” in Tiananmen Square. This image was taken by Jeff Widener. Photo: AP
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Asia

Tiananmen Square Tank Man photographer Charlie Cole dies in Bali

  • Cameraman who won the 1990 World Press Photo award was one of four who took similar images of the bloody crackdown by the Chinese army
  • He later regretted how his work had become so iconic of the event, fearing it overshadowed the work of others

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John McBeth
John McBeth

Updated: 11:46am, 20 Sep, 2019

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Four cameramen became famous for photographs of the “Tank Man” in Tiananmen Square. This image was taken by Jeff Widener. Photo: AP Four cameramen became famous for photographs of the “Tank Man” in Tiananmen Square. This image was taken by Jeff Widener. Photo: AP
Four cameramen became famous for photographs of the “Tank Man” in Tiananmen Square. This image was taken by Jeff Widener. Photo: AP
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