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Classic Photographs re-created with Lego Bricks

published in: Photography By Costas Voyatzis, 08 June 2008

Amazing classic scenes from human history re-created with Lego Bricks 

Mike Stimpson a Flickr user known simply as Balakov, takes quite a lot of Lego pictures and loves messing about with macro lighting. Strobist.com taught him everything!. "I photograph to see what something will look like photographed" - Garry Winogrand, but Mike will also go along with that! Some of his popular stuff is available to buy at RedBubble. "I have a poster sized version of one of my Lego Stormtrooper portraits on my wall, and it's just unfair not to give everyone else the chance to have one too!"

Recreation of Henri Cartier-Bresson's "Behind the Gare Saint Lazare" in Lego

A lego reconstruction of the famous photograph taken by Charles Ebbets

A Lego recreation of Joe Rosenthal's 1945 photograph "Raising the flag on Iwo Jima". One of the most published photographs in history.

A Lego version of Norman Potter’s 1954 photograph of Roger Bannister breaking the four-minute mile, completing the distance in 3 min 59.4 sec at Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, May 6, 1954.


Astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the surface of the Moon in 1969 - Photograph by Neil Armstrong


V-J Day in Times Square, New York, August 14, 1945 (© Time Inc) by Alfred Eisenstaedt

sources:

Balakov , Balakov set up , Gizmondo

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  • friend
    Daniel Holfeld | 2008-06-09 00:34:40

    love it!

  • friend
    David Carlson | 2008-06-09 10:41:59

    Really nice! Looking forward to see more photos.

  • friend
    esra aytekin | 2008-06-10 11:44:30

    Very cleverly done and funny!

  • friend
    anastasia adamaki | 2008-06-19 19:57:32

    fantastic idea...!!!

  • friend
    Atmosck | 2008-08-09 09:01:25

    where's that guy jumping over the barbed wire that became the berlin wall? but these are great.

  • friend
    Simone | 2008-08-10 07:14:46

    Very cool the pics!!!! The moon guy's shadow is way off... And the real person is kind of tilted!!

  • friend
    guy | 2008-08-10 22:44:16

    1st one's the best

  • friend
    Jerry | 2008-08-11 00:08:10

    Very clever. I love the look of black and white.

  • friend
    Jason | 2008-08-11 01:45:23

    Amazing, love it :D

  • friend
    Web Design Romania | 2008-08-12 10:28:16

    Lol, nice ones :)

  • friend
    Greensky | 2008-08-16 11:42:28

    Loved how you showed what you had to do to get those pictures. And nice camera! Nikon D200?

  • friend
    Martin | 2008-08-17 12:52:23

    Stumbled! I like it a lot. Very cool pictures!

  • friend
    Dennis | 2008-08-17 14:26:03

    i just came back from a cruise. the scooter was a blessing, so many people wanted to know where i got it and i gave them your web site. it was perfect. thank you, I like it a lot - many folk have asked me about it and I tell them your website address. http://www.travelscoot.com video http://www.travelscoot.com/demonstration.htm rose

  • friend
    Brian | 2008-08-20 02:08:49

    i have that exact same setup i love the d300 :D

  • friend
    mehmet tavoglu | 2008-08-21 01:18:21

    it's amazing. i luv it.

  • friend
    cling | 2008-09-08 01:17:39

    Very cool... I noticed one mistake however. On "Raising the flag on Iwo Jima" there are actually five men raising that flag. The fifth is almost impossible to see in the picture, but he is there. This is a very common mistake, but there is indeed 5 people. Nonetheless, those photos are truly unique and amazing!

  • friend
    raju | 2008-10-17 09:28:27

    Awesome! specially astronaut on the moon.

  • friend
    eckart | 2009-01-25 15:02:54

    Great idea and really well done

  • friend
    hackmaskate | 2009-02-04 04:52:07

    Wow!!! This post is the best of the best i wanna make a repost whit you permis jejeje!!! thnks for post this!!! www.hackmaskate.net

  • friend
    wien | 2009-12-14 15:47:28

    super photos and a nice idea

  • friend
    Jacqueline Smith | 2009-12-17 02:27:08

    This looks like so much fun! Great job re-creating these moments.

  • friend
    Boat Man | 2010-05-12 01:46:44

    Wow...just wow. It must have been a blast setting these up. Well done.

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