These Guy’s Recreated History’s Most Iconic Photos As Miniature Stills, And It’s Incredible

Two Switzerland-based photographers Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger, back in 2012, decided to recreate famous pictures as miniature life stills. Little did they know that their little side project would turn into something a lot bigger. “It started out as a joke,” Cortis told Wired. “In our free time, when there’s no money coming in, we decided to try to recreate the most expensive pictures in the world.”

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Tiananmen, Stuart Franklin, 1989

Cortis and Sonderegger have now recreated some of the most famous snapshots in history by building miniature sets and props…. and using everyday materials like paper, cement, and model vehicles. Each replication takes between a few days or even a few weeks to pull off…. but as you can see the results are stunning.

The Hindenburg Disaster, Sam Shere, 1937

Concorde, Toshihiko Sato, 2000

Nessie, Marmaduke Wetherell, 1934

Rhein II, Andreas Gursky, 1999

AS11-40-5878, Edwin Aldrin, 1969

Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki

The Wright Brothers, John Thomas Daniels, 1903

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La cour du dumaine du Gras, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, 1826

The last known photo of the Titanic afloat, 1912

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