A seemingly innocuous photograph of two Chinese athletes embracing each other at the end of a race has been censored by authorities. [Read More]
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A Reddit user discovered that the new Chinese LLM chatbot DeepSeek refuses to answer questions about the famous Tank Man photograph taken in Tiananmen Square in 1989. [Read More]
The Tank Man photograph taken by AP photographer Jeff Widener is one of the most iconic images of the 20th century -- But last week a Google search for "Tank Man" brought up an AI-generated image as the feature picture. [Read More]
Leica was at the center of a firestorm of controversy in China earlier this month over a video that dramatized the creation of the iconic photo titled, “Tank Man”. Now it turns out that all the well-known “Tank Man” photos were actually shot with Nikon cameras.
As part of their incredible “100 Most Influential Photographs of All Time” project, TIME is telling the stories behind some of the most powerful photographs in human history. You’ve no doubt seen Jeff Widener’s iconic “Tank Man” photo … but have you ever heard the full story behind it? Widener shares this story in his […]