CHARLIE COLE (’78), Bali. He won the World Press Photo in 1990 for his iconic picture that he took of a Chinese man protesting in front of tanks during the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. The New York Times called it one of the most famous photos in history. According to The Washington Post, he took the picture from the upper balcony of the Beijing Hotel after he and another photographer had been abused by Chinese police earlier that day. He told the Times he hid the film in plastic in the hotel room toilet tank so the Chinese police wouldn’t confiscate it — which they had with other film he had taken. Cole had worked as a freelance photographer since 1980 when he moved to Japan.
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CHARLIE COLE (’78), Bali. He won the World Press Photo in 1990 for his iconic picture that he took of a Chinese man protesting in front of tanks during the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. The New York Times called it one of the most famous photos in history. According to The Washington Post, he took the picture from the upper balcony of the Beijing Hotel after he and another photographer had been abused by Chinese police earlier that day. He told the Times he hid the film in plastic in the hotel room toilet tank so the Chinese police wouldn’t confiscate it — which they had with other film he had taken. Cole had worked as a freelance photographer since 1980 when he moved to Japan.
