The most iconic photos in history recreated as detailed miniatures

Swiss photographers Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger have a really cool project called Iconen (Icons) where they make detailed scale miniatures to recreate history's most famous photos.

Concorde - by Toshihiko Sato, 2000

AS11-40-5878 - by Edwin Aldrin, 1969

The Hindenburg Disaster - by Sam Shere, 1937

Nessie - by Marmaduke Wetherell, 1934

Tiananmen - by Stuart Franklin, 1989

9/11 - by Sean Adair, 2001

The Wright Brothers - by John Thomas Daniels, 1903

Adrian Sonderegger and Jojakim Cortis are a photographer duo based in Adliswil, Switzerland. You can see more of their work on their website.

This is part of a series in which we are featuring futuristic, alien-looking or just plain awesome images of landscapes, cityscapes, and objects. If you are a photographer with such work, please drop me a line here.

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