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4 unusual facts about Jeff Widener


Beijing Hotel

This was the site where Associated Press photographer Jeff Widener took the famous "Unknown Rebel" picture during the Tiananmen Square protests.

Jeff Widener

Jeff Widener (born August 11, 1956 in Long Beach, California) is an American photographer, best known for his image of the Tank Man confronting a column of tanks in Tiananmen Square during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 which made him a nominated finalist for the 1990 Pulitzer.

His Nikon F3 titanium camera absorbed the blow, sparing his life.

Nikon FE2

One of the most memorable image from the Tiananmen Square protests of China in 1989, Tank Man, by Jeff Widener, was shot with a Nikon FE2.



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