PEK05:MAY 28- A student protester wears a mask during a demonstration on Tiananmen Square. After an apparent victory by hardliners in the government power struggle, some protesters are wearing masks so they won't be recognized by the authorities for reprisals. 

BACK TO BEIJING IN 1989 

A week into martial law and the mood was shifting. A flurry of leaflets were being produced on the square and the general population seemed supportive of the students and their goals. As the students were busy debating what their strategy should be, so was the government behind closed doors.   The appearance of masks and other disguises was, for me, an ominous sign .  I found in my trunk of old negatives tons of images of people with sheets over their heads. I chose this image originally because you could actually see this man's eyes.

 The unease was clearly growing and everybody wondered what would happen next.  

 PEK15:MAY 26 - An elderly man talks with soldiers guarding the Communist Party headquarters. A power struggle behind this gate was apparently won by the hardliners backing Premier Li Peng. 

 PEK05:MAY 25- Student protesters print leaflets in Tiananmen Square. Martial law, declared six days ago, ended a brief perid of media freedom but spawned a rich crop of posters, handbills and China's first underground newspaper.