Reflection of Life With LEGO bricks [32 PICS]

By dak on May 26, 2008 in Art, People

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Stumbled here - this is lovely!

sd | May 28, 2008 | Reply
wow they look cool

good | May 28, 2008 | Reply
Very well done

Internet Meme | May 28, 2008 | Reply
Stumbled.

These are really good.

A | May 29, 2008 | Reply
cool
i stumbled here

shelby | May 29, 2008 | Reply
:s

shelby | May 29, 2008 | Reply
These are great. I love the one with the stormtroopers and Han.

Kyle | May 30, 2008 | Reply
the smiling faces are occasionally deceiving and grim…hehe

Spencer | May 30, 2008 | Reply
Beautiful. Although I must say, the smiles on the Lego people’s faces makes it slightly disturbing, especially the one with the Viet Cong person being executed.

Dylan | May 30, 2008 | Reply
great stumble

Bebebe | May 30, 2008 | Reply
The Lego model of the man in Vietnam about to be executed really stood out at me…I think that these are all really neat, and kind of disturbing at the same time. You really have to be talented to make people feel that way about kids’ toy blocks.

Chris | May 30, 2008 | Reply
That’s awesome, stumble yes.

WWN | May 31, 2008 | Reply
liked the butt

Michael | May 31, 2008 | Reply
Yeah I have to agree that the smiling faces makes it creepy, but it’s still pretty cool. Also that last pic where the sailor is kissing the nurse, the nurse didn’t know the sailor and promptly slapped him afterwards.

Weebalo | May 31, 2008 | Reply
BFD. Legos.

Elmer Gantry | Jun 4, 2008 | Reply
The stormtroopers one is the best. Love ‘em all, but I laughed out loud at that one.

Levy | Jun 4, 2008 | Reply
class, very very good

stumbled

mickey | Jun 4, 2008 | Reply
very interesting. good job. i Stumbled here.

mickey | Jun 5, 2008 | Reply
Very cool. I’d like more information on each of these pictures, if the author or someone can provide it.

Eric | Jun 5, 2008 | Reply
stumbled.

awesome.

the metal dude | Jun 5, 2008 | Reply
very very nice.

ZH | Jun 6, 2008 | Reply
stumbled on it myself, wooo!:)

Summer Bradley | Jun 6, 2008 | Reply
amazing…..but i must confess, the one of Tiananmen Square reminded me of “Superbad”….

nuklz | Jun 6, 2008 | Reply
very nice

andrej | Jun 6, 2008 | Reply
love the idea of legos~
Esp the Vietnam one, so deep.

cool images | Jun 6, 2008 | Reply
relly cool n artistic. loved it!

stumbled here 2!

n i gave it a thumbs up!

Daniela | Jun 6, 2008 | Reply
“Please be sure to spell the brand name “LEGO” in capital letters and use it as an adjective and not a noun. For example you should write “Models built of LEGO bricks” and not “Models built of Lego”.”

http://www.lego.com/eng/service/faqs.asp?section=ConsumerService-FAQ-LEGOCompany&catid=1D0C999B-C0E0-48A0-A4B7-4D925884A462&faqid=1697

LEGO - NOT - LEGOS | Jun 7, 2008 | Reply
Beautiful… Stumbled here, BTW.

FredV | Jun 7, 2008 | Reply
“LEGO” Thanks for the information. It’s already edited.

dak | Jun 7, 2008 | Reply
’shopped

Jimguru | Jun 7, 2008 | Reply
Absolutely love it!

Grace Kim | Jun 7, 2008 | Reply
Who’s the tennis player?

spike | Jun 7, 2008 | Reply
I love how they’re always smiling, even in the sad /scary pictures

ellen | Jun 8, 2008 | Reply
peace man. please.

sean | Jun 8, 2008 | Reply
stumbled
this is fantastic!

Tonia | Jun 8, 2008 | Reply
god bless stumbleupon

marco | Jun 8, 2008 | Reply
stumbled

laurence | Jun 8, 2008 | Reply
Wow so many stumblers (+1 for me).
Very well done

Brian | Jun 9, 2008 | Reply
I love stumbling, and this is why.

colton | Jun 9, 2008 | Reply
I don’t like this at all, actually. Some of them are cute, but most of these are epic photographs that lose all emotion when you use legos (and border on the line of bad taste). The tanks at Tiananmen square recreation especially lost all power that photograph carries.

Michael | Jun 9, 2008 | Reply
stumbled.

CUTE!!!!

chix | Jun 9, 2008 | Reply
I’ve never seen the one of the girl playing tennis. Where was that taken?

antiques | Jun 9, 2008 | Reply
it’s amazing how kids toys can be so useful

sir jorge | Jun 9, 2008 | Reply
Ha. The third-to-last pair, the Viet Cong pic, loses something in translation.

pflx | Jun 9, 2008 | Reply
I love stumbling =)

Beautiful!

Bethany | Jun 10, 2008 | Reply
another stumbler.. wont be back and doubt michael will be either, but a reply to that user.. i find a lot of the iconic pictures lost a lot of their power *because* they were iconic, seeing them made out of lego made me think more about the original, seemed to bring the original back to life, reminded me of the different bits of the picture… in short, brilliant

random.user | Jun 10, 2008 | Reply
Nice idea, though it comes off rather kitschy. If only the iconic image of the Vietnamese man about to be shot wasn’t reduced to a lackluster photo of smiling plastic. In such poor taste, really.

Antwon | Jun 10, 2008 | Reply
This is really neat! If you go to my website and click the link to my Trevor’s website, you can see some pretty neat stuff he has done with legos.

Katie | Jun 10, 2008 | Reply
Some of these are in very bad taste. The one of the Vietnamese seconds before his execution is just horrifying with the smiling Lego.

Tina | Jun 10, 2008 | Reply
All the legos are smiling. Not all the subjects in the pictures are. Especially not the one that is about to get shot in the head. Cool Idea. And wow, the patience!

Stef | Jun 10, 2008 | Reply
The man finishing the 5 min mile is my great uncle

Ell | Jun 10, 2008 | Reply
i think stumble is trying to lead us all on the same path.

Stumbler | Jun 10, 2008 | Reply
Nice ass

John Smith | Jun 10, 2008 | Reply
Stumbled in, hit the I like it button and stumbled out - thanks

Blogging for money | Jun 10, 2008 | Reply
Why are they smiling??

MINE | Jun 11, 2008 | Reply
This is great. It’s funny how out of place the smiles (made to entertain children) are in the reality of adult life. If only this world could be filled with childhood innocence.

WFM | Jun 11, 2008 | Reply
“Stumbled Upon” here … agree with most others about the smiling. Also don’t think the legos did the images justice in the emotion they are supposed to evoke. However, I couldn’t replicate an image that well with legos, so kudos to the artist.

Stephanie | Jun 11, 2008 | Reply
I have to say that I initially agreed with a few of the posters, who felt that the smiling LEGO characters were not appropriate for some of the scenes. But not only is that the nature of all LEGO faces, but it does provide a startling juxtaposition to the original, which works, like random.user said, “to bring the original back to life.” Alone, the LEGO-based photos would be weak, and some even in poor taste, but as part of a pair, these definitely work. Nicely done.

Herr Weave | Jun 11, 2008 | Reply
haha i stumbled here too. legos are awesome

No Smoking | Jun 11, 2008 | Reply
There is nothing here that remotely resembles art. These are Lego’s that crudely resemble famous pieces.

You can paint a chalk drawing of the Mona Lisa and it’s exactly that when you are done. A chalk copy of the Mona Lisa. The real Mona Lisa is the piece of art. The chalk drawing would be a crude copy made from a different medium, like Lego’s.

You can make copies with wire ties, Coffee stirring straws or you can bust out a crayon and draw a replica.

Herr Weave, I do not mean any disrespect, ‘juxtaposition’ best describes to random objects that together in parallel make a impact. Like a butterfly on a sand dune or baby tiger nursing from a pig. Lego’s positioned purposely to resemble famous art is just staged junk.

Sean | Jun 11, 2008 | Reply
stumbled

these are astonishing

monkeypie6 | Jun 11, 2008 | Reply
Cool

Patrice | Jun 12, 2008 | Reply
OY!
Where’s the bloomin lego brains flying out of ‘is lego ‘ed?

artsy | Jun 12, 2008 | Reply
brilliant.. i love stumble

mustafa syed | Jun 12, 2008 | Reply
Nice work. Really loving it

Jim | Jun 12, 2008 | Reply
Wonderful! I love this page. The Lego pics are amazing

Colin Miller - Freelance web designer | Jun 12, 2008 | Reply
You guys that are saying the smiles are disturbing and it’s not art and all that other stuff, you need to lighten up. Maybe the artist/person who put it together/whatever was just having a little fun.

A Little Southern Comfort in CO | Jun 12, 2008 | Reply
Cute.

Moose69 | Jun 12, 2008 | Reply
Lovely

It’s a bit creepy how they’re all smiling isn’t it?
Take the vietnamese one for example…

Luke | Jun 12, 2008 | Reply
This reminds me of a website that tells stories from the bible using Legos. This is a neat site!

vera | Jun 12, 2008 | Reply
i like most of these, people are so much happier in lego.. i just wish the vietnamese prisoner image hadn’t been recreated, makes the whole thing very dark =\

kat | Jun 13, 2008 | Reply
THESE ARE GREAT!

ALONNA | Jun 13, 2008 | Reply
I studied some of these photographs in a class I did.
War photography and the scenes depicted moments before death were in themselves controversial. But ultimately, they are considered records of history more than art.

But apart from which I think it’s awful to replicate these particular photographs with LEGO.

Sure, the ones that don’t involve these topics are fun and quirky and I like them.

To put it in perspective, if there was an iconic photograph of a relative of mine at the moment prior to their execution, I think I’d be very offended by a representation in LEGO.

I don’t see the point of it. I don’t get the connection between a kid’s plaything, a camera and a person’s life. As it is, it’s upsetting to see these original photographs but they have a real point.

dippy | Jun 13, 2008 | Reply
Very beautifull.

Mixture X | Jun 14, 2008 | Reply
To start, I’d like to say well done. These are very clever and you have done a brilliant job at attaining several different things.

Firstly you cleverly combined the silly with the serious, Anna Kournikova in the tennis shot was absolutely brilliant, had me laughing for ages. In doing this you managed to make this site more than a means to make a political statement. It is truly a reflection of your skill and art, something most ‘artist’ don’t achieve owing to the need to rub some satire/political manure in our faces.

Secondly I congratulate you for taking on some of those more, dangerous pictures, the ones that will have people apoplectic with rage at you for doing so. Conveyed in your presentations is the idiocy of each situation; all those tanks to kill one man, the lack of reason behind publicly executing someone just for the camera etc.

I don’t for a minute think these pictures take away the seriousness of the situation, merely enhance how seriously worrying it is that they came about in the first place.

Lastly, using a children’s toy… wow. Very clever.

Everyone remembers playing with this particular toy, at that wonderful age when we were innocent to public executions, ignorant to the cruelty of the world and quite happy to build square houses with our granddads.

Perhaps I could make a suggestion to those that looked at these images and found themselves instantly offended; revaluate your understanding before mouthing off in a high and mighty manner.

The artist engaged his brain before his camera; perhaps you could do so before engaging your mouth?

Alicia | Jun 14, 2008 | Reply
also stummbled, a very good stumble too!

raven | Jun 14, 2008 | Reply
Stumbled here, very well done.

Travis Young | Jun 14, 2008 | Reply
Another stumbler. Great work

Marshall | Jun 15, 2008 | Reply
Cool idea to recreate these photos with lego.
Also stumbled

Thai girl | Jun 15, 2008 | Reply
stumbled here……. i love how all th faces are smiling even in the bad situations makes me laff

chillz | Jun 15, 2008 | Reply
BRAVO !!!

Mircea Stef | Jun 15, 2008 | Reply
stumbled here
this is so cute

luna | Jun 16, 2008 | Reply
I like how all the legos are smiling, yet some of the pictures are of nothing to smile about.

haha | Jun 16, 2008 | Reply
Great stuff.
Reminds me of the Lego Bible which is definitely worth googleing btw.

Oh yeah and I also happened to StumbleUpon this.

Johnobrow | Jun 16, 2008 | Reply
Stumbled by for a quick look…..cute!

Deb | Jun 17, 2008 | Reply
I’ve never seen so many people comment that they stumbled here… I did also. Cool beans

ben | Jun 17, 2008 | Reply
Pretty tasteless, some pictures. Show some respect.

SD | Jun 17, 2008 | Reply
the one who posted, “please spell it LEGO” must be a Capricorn!

what i personally find “tasteless” are the rather sterile approaches to and lack of respect (or at least tolerance) for: art!

looking at the running comparisons of photos was more enlightening for me than many intellectual discussions about reality! including my own! excellent photography! don’t cha just love stumble?!

kelton | Jun 18, 2008 | Reply
stumbling is no accident with ravens!

kelton | Jun 18, 2008 | Reply
super cool !!!!!!!!

froylan juarez | Jun 19, 2008 | Reply
Wonderful contrast.
Stumbled upon this site.

Nitesh | Jun 19, 2008 | Reply
Stumbled on this. Pretty awesome!

Crysta | Jun 21, 2008 | Reply
i thought i would congratulate u for having a sense of humour these are gr8 man more plz

arkthegreat | Jun 21, 2008 | Reply
The sexist crap tennis one looks completely and utterly out of place with the rest of the historical/political/powerful images.

The smiling faces do add to the images… like a commentary on how plastic and artificial our news has become in this age of soundbites and quick images to convey mere moments.

V | Jun 24, 2008 | Reply
Stumbled here like many others,
lovely job!

Natalie | Jun 24, 2008 | Reply
“The sexist crap tennis one looks completely and utterly out of place with the rest of the historical/political/powerful images.

The smiling faces do add to the images… like a commentary on how plastic and artificial our news has become in this age of soundbites and quick images to convey mere moments.”

Their having fun making lego recreations out of black and white photos, nothing artsy needs to be interpreted out of it, and to say that tennis photo is sexist is infact sexist of you.
So go back art college or wherever the hell you came from, i doubt ANY artist created their work with a “view” in mind. Apart from some modern artists who do things like draw pictures like a 6 year old, knowing exactly what people are going to interpret it as, and are just trying to earn money by doing as little effort as possible.

. | Jun 24, 2008 | Reply
By the way I enjoyed the photos.

(Stumbled Here like almost everyone)

. | Jun 24, 2008 | Reply
What an amazing collection of pics. Incredible!

Alisha | Jun 25, 2008 | Reply
I was biting my tongue reading some of these posts… These photos are in my humble opinion quite sublime. I think those who think that some of the recreations are in bad taste ought to step back and take a look at the world we’re all living in… Do you think the horrors being perpetuated in our name are bad taste? Are you more shocked by these LEGO chaps with smiles than real life?

matt | Jun 25, 2008 | Reply
Some of those pics had been categorized as BEST on the history of the photograpy issue

really nice

Galvanize | Jun 26, 2008 | Reply
Awesome.

Storm | Jun 26, 2008 | Reply
great idea - how easy it can be, but you’ve made it;-)
go on, Léonie.

Léonie | Jun 27, 2008 | Reply
Wow. Stumbled here. This is interesting.

Nice.

Kaite | Jun 29, 2008 | Reply
I stumbled here, pretty cool, legos rock!

Tiffiny | Jul 2, 2008 | Reply
wow all of these ppl stumbled here. stumple upon has started a flow of discovery and recognition of websites such as this. hooray stumble!
these are beautiful, aloot more things that could be done with these, good creativity

robo clown | Jul 3, 2008 | Reply
It’s totally awesome man

Deli Profesör | Jul 4, 2008 | Reply
I love the idea (btw. I stumbled here too)

Bartek Drozdz | Jul 4, 2008 | Reply
It’s cool but some of them are kinda cruel…

Jenny | Jul 5, 2008 | Reply
“Their having fun making lego recreations out of black and white photos, nothing artsy needs to be interpreted out of it, and to say that tennis photo is sexist is infact sexist of you.
So go back art college or wherever the hell you came from, i doubt ANY artist created their work with a “view” in mind. Apart from some modern artists who do things like draw pictures like a 6 year old, knowing exactly what people are going to interpret it as, and are just trying to earn money by doing as little effort as possible.”

At least I learned to spell and use proper grammar when I got my degree. What’s your excuse?

The point I was making was that a girl without underwear scratching her ass on a tennis court seems out of place amongst the more timely and timeless images.

Get your head out of your ass and learn to proofread your comments before you post.

V | Jul 9, 2008 | Reply
LOL WE ALL STUMBLED HERE HOLY DONKEY NUTS ANYWAYS I LIKED THE ASS IT MADE MY PP HAPPY

ryan | Jul 10, 2008 | Reply
the one of the tennis playing girl showing her bum was a comedy poster back in the 80s.

comfortableshoes | Jul 10, 2008 | Reply
Where is the one of the burning monk? I’ve seen it on other sites about these images, but not here…

LT | Jul 11, 2008 | Reply
Very cool. I’d love to see more.

Pete | Jul 11, 2008 | Reply
another stumbler …. brilliant!

edmund | Jul 12, 2008 | Reply
I Stumbled too! for those of you who don’t know what the people are talking about when they say “I stumbled”, they are talking about something called StumbleUpon. Learn about it at StumbleUpon.com. It;s the coolest thing i’ve ever “stumbled upon”

Rose Easterday | Jul 14, 2008 | Reply
There must be a certain irony in the fact that *everyone* stumbled here, including myself.

Interesting series of photo’s though. And to whoever said it was “insulting to use legos” for the recreations needs to get over it. Remove stick, than continue on with life.

Konraden | Jul 14, 2008 | Reply
I too stumbled here, have to agree totally with alicia, (thanks for saving me the typing - ‘you took the words right out of my mouth’)

To the artist, just brilliant, one thing that hasn’t been commented on as far as i can read, if your talent as a photographer.

The angles, the lighting, the proximity all add to the impact.

I have to say that i had tired of every historic photo you’ve chosen, desensitised so to speak, yet your photos have had me revisiting my thoughts on those moments and their impact.

So with me you’ve attained two objectives, you have amused and you have provoked reflection.

Thank you.

huey | Jul 15, 2008 | Reply
Stumbled here…. i wish life were as simple as these legos make it seem.

Katelyn | Jul 15, 2008 | Reply
Simply wonderful.

Chris | Jul 15, 2008 | Reply
very very nice

Funky Space Monkey | Jul 17, 2008 | Reply
The tennis player is my all-time favorite!

Fitness Trainer | Jul 18, 2008 | Reply
Increíbles fotos, en verdad, inmejorable para comparación.

Novich | Jul 22, 2008 | Reply
I like how they are always smiling.

Great pictures though!

Adrien | Jul 22, 2008 | Reply
I Stumbled this

This is awesome. I’m showing it to all of my friends, lol.

Snakereader | Jul 24, 2008 | Reply
i stumbled upon too !! hehe good thing i did.love em

sonny | Jul 31, 2008 | Reply
fake. those are clearly legos.

big bob henderson | Aug 1, 2008 | Reply
Tinnamen ( it would be so awesome if i spelled that right) Square one was great. Stumbled here.

Paul | Aug 3, 2008 | Reply
Stumbled this!
Its really cool!
Especially the streaker one which I have a teeshirt of!

Paddy | Aug 3, 2008 | Reply
Stumbled here. Very nice job.

John Hasforf | Aug 6, 2008 | Reply
boring. the tennis player’s ass was the best part about it.

anon | Aug 8, 2008 | Reply
What an interesting Stumble!

In some of the depictions, it’s a little weird seeing the smiles on some of the Legos’ faces when the photo was clearly not a happy moment.

Creative!

Yona | Aug 14, 2008 | Reply
es una frivolidad increíble! cuesta pensar que se puede abordar temas del mayor dramatismo que conmovieron y siguen conmoviendo al mundo, con tanta estupidez,

Joaquin Aroztegui | Aug 17, 2008 | Reply
beautiful…

Goktug Gedik | Aug 18, 2008 | Reply
Indeed great pics and picks.

sulochanosho | Aug 25, 2008 | Reply
Awesome!

Carlo Mendoza | Aug 26, 2008 | Reply
stumbled here. with all due respect- i mean these are really magnificent pieces of art, but it looks like some would be easy to recreate. but still, i would never have thought to recreate pictures in such a way…

max | Aug 26, 2008 | Reply

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