"A gunman with a bag over his head fires an automatic rifle from a doorway of the hijacked Trans World Airlines plane at Beirut airport, Lebanon, 20 June, 1985. The gunmen lost patience with photographers perched on a balcony overlooking the plane. They opened fire. They were annoyed by journalists taking pictures with big lenses, recalled Frederic Neema, one of the Reuters photographers on the balcony. The bullets went above our heads and hit the wall behind us. I ducked and kept on shooting."
"A man stands in front of a convoy of tanks in Beijing, 5 June, 1989. Tsang was one of several photojournalists near the square, photographing army vehicles as they began to depart. A man carrying two shopping bags walked out to confront a line of tanks. When I released the shutter, it didn't occur to me that Wow, this is a great shot'. It was only when he returned to Hong Kong he realized how much of a global icon the picture had become."
Photographs document moments of violence, celebration, and resistance from 1985 to 1990. A gunman fires from a hijacked Trans World Airlines doorway at Beirut airport as photographers on a balcony are targeted. Diego Maradona celebrates holding the World Cup trophy after Argentina's 1986 victory at the Estadio Azteca. Israeli soldiers search Palestinian men in the Gaza Strip while schoolchildren pass by. A lone civilian confronts a line of tanks in Beijing on 5 June 1989, producing the Tank Man image. Nelson Mandela leaves prison near Paarl on 11 February 1990, accompanied by Winnie, as photographers scramble to capture and send prints.
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