Gallery: History's Most Iconic Photos, Recreated in Miniature

  • Making of The Hidenburg Disaster 2014. Original photo by Sam Shere 1937.
    Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger
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    *Making of "The Hidenburg Disaster"*, 2014. Original photo by Sam Shere, 1937.
  • Image may contain Bird and Animal
    Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger
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    -CIS3473

    *Making of "Nessie"*, 2013. Original photo by Marmaduke Wetherell, 1934.
  • Image may contain Electronics Screen Monitor Display Vehicle Transportation Boat and Lcd Screen
    Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger
    03

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    *Making of "The last photo of the Titanic afloat"*, 2014. Original photo by Francis Browne, 1912.
  • Image may contain Car Transportation Vehicle Automobile Formula One Airplane Aircraft Armored and Human
    Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger
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    -CIS8600-A

    *Making of "Tiananmen"*, 2013. Original photo by Stuart Franklin, 1989.
  • Image may contain Transportation Vehicle Fire Interior Design and Indoors
    Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger
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    -CIS9885-A

    *Making of "Concorde"*, 2013. Original photo by Toshihiko Sato, 2000.
  • Image may contain Human Person and Silhouette
    Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger
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    -CIS4124

    *Making of "Five Soldiers Silhouette at the Battle of Broodseinde"*, 2013. Original photo by Ernest Brooks, 1917.
  • Image may contain Nuclear
    Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger
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    -CIS4536

    *Making of "208-N-43888"*, 2013. Original photo by Charles Levy, 1945.
  • Image may contain Tripod
    Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger
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    -CIS2681

    *Making of "9/11"*, 2013. Original photo by Sean Adair, 2001.
  • Image may contain Wood Flooring Human Person Plywood Shelf and Furniture
    Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger
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    *Making of "Abu Ghraib"*, 2014. Original photo by unknown US soldier, 2003.
  • Image may contain Soil Human and Person
    Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger
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    *Making of "AS11-40-5878"*, 2014. Original photo by Edwin Aldrin, 1969.
  • Image may contain Human Person Concrete Nature and Outdoors
    Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger
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    -CIS7620-B

    *Making of "The Wright Brothers"*, 2013. Original photo by John Thomas Daniels, 1903.
  • Image may contain Furniture Chair Flooring Banister Handrail Stage Animal and Bird
    Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger
    12

    -CIS5126

    *Making of "Olympia München"*, 2014. Original photo by Ludwig Wegmann, 1972.
  • Image may contain Home Decor Shelf Sunglasses Accessories and Accessory
    Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger
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    -IMG1589-B

    *Making of "Mont Blanc: la Jonction"*, 2014. Original photo by Louis-Auguste Bisson & Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, 1861.
  • Image may contain Plant and Grass
    Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger
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    -CIS3931-B

    *Making of "Rhein II"*, 2012. Original photo by Andreas Gursky, 1999.
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