Photographer of famous Tank man dies, this image is banned in China

Jakarta, September 14, 2019, Saturday

Photographer Charlie Cole, who clicked on a picture of the famous Tank Man, died in 1989 during the Tiananmen Square protest. He was 64 years old. He passed away in Indonesia last week. He spent time there in the last days of his life.

Cole was one of four photographers who clicked a picture of an unknown person standing in front of a tank line on June 5, 1989. The picture dates to the day after thousands of people were killed. Cole won the World Press photo in 1990 for his image, which in 1989 became an image of pro-democracy protests.

This picture call was clicked from the balcony of a hotel room. He clicked the picture for Newsweek with a telephoto lens. Cole said in a statement after clicking the picture that he felt at the time he thought he would be killed. The special thing was that it was his responsibility to record whatever happened. However, two people later came and removed the person. No one knows what happened to that person after that.

It was not known who this person was, but the Tank Man image clicked on by Cole became the most iconic image of the 20th century. However, this image has been banned in China. According to people, this Tank Man represents the values ​​and aspirations of the Western World. As the Tiananmen Square genocide in China has been going on for years, no one remembers the man standing without a single weapon in front of four tanks.