Saturday, March 7, 2009

Lego and Photography



Amateur photographer Mike Stimpson recreates famous photographs from the last century using Lego figurines. Among his photographs were the shots Flag on Iwo Jima, Robert Capa's shot of a falling soldier in the Vietnam war, Chief Police shooting suspected Viet Cong leader and more.

Take a look at "Lego Tableaus Re-Create Classic Photos" by Jenna Wortham on Wired.

You can also view his photos on his Flickr page, at http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/

If you happen to like photography from the last century, here's a website that has archives of pictures taken since the 1900s. http://shorpy.com/