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

Original here ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:WW2_Iwo_Jima_flag_raising.jpg

Lego soldiers from www.brickarms.com

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:iconbaaddreamz:
ha that`s funny :lol:

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:iconhejhog101:
and now, a moment of silence for the good legos that gave their life in that war.

but seriously, this picture is a work of art. you found a perfect rock, and it must have taken forever to get the posing right. I salute you.

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:iconlucky-april:
This is fantastic! A great idea to recreate the scene. You don't often see lego in b&w :)

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:icondarkwonder02:
Great picture.

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:iconavogel57:
haha, awesome!

But still... no Robert Capa from Normandy?

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"you mean, you'll put down your rock and i'll put down my sword and we'll try to kill eachother like civilized people??"

New to this, comments and fav's appreciated!
:iconironman2055:
Pretty cool but there were 6 people raising the flag ;)

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Apr 26, 2008, 12:52:23 PM

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