Jeff Widener

The Profile

Jeff Widener is an American photojournalist, credited with the 'Tank Man' (Unknown rebel) photograph taken at Tiananmen Square in 1989 while working for the Associated Press.

Worked for the Associated Press; photographed the 'Unknown rebel/Tank man' confrontation at Tiananmen Square (June 1989). According to the DeBaser review, Widener was photographing from the Jianguo Hotel, had been hit by a brick earlier, used a Nikon FE2 and a TC-301 teleconverter, and shot with low-ASA film supplied by an American student.

The single DeBaser review recounts Jeff Widener's shooting of the 'Unknown rebel/Tank man' image at Tiananmen Square in 1989. It describes his vantage point, injury, equipment limits, and the image's dramatic confrontation. The review praises the moment as miraculous and summarizes uncertainties about the protester's fate.