It is one of the most iconic images in history: an unknown man confronting a line of tanks in the middle of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, defying an entire government.
Reuters photographer Arthur Tsang was there in 1989, watching from a hotel balcony nearby. At the time, he had no idea how significant and symbolic that moment would be.
“When I released the shutter, it didn’t occur to me that ‘Wow, this is a great shot,’ ” Tsang told the South China Morning Post many years later. “You couldn’t foresee the impact of the image.”
Tsang’s coverage of that historic week is among the work featured in a new book, “In the Moment: 40 Years of Reuters Photojournalism.” The book chronicles the memorable stories and moments captured by the news agency’s photographers…
