[Editor’s note: While your Flavorwire editors take a much-needed holiday break, we’ll spend the next two weekends revisiting some of our most popular features of the year. This post was originally published September 28, 2011.] The historically minded artist Mike Stimpson lends a tinge of childhood innocence to legendary moments in a collection that uses LEGOs to recreate famous photos (and one famous painting). By placing the original pictures side-by-side with his versions, he simultaneously pays homage to and updates these classic images, including the soaring Lunch Atop a Skyscraper, the darling kiss in V-J Day Times Square, and John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Bed-In. Page through Stimpson’s playful LEGO remixes after the jump.

Image credit: Mike Stimpson [Spotted via My Modern Met]

Image credit: Mike Stimpson

Image credit: Mike Stimpson

Image credit: Mike Stimpson

Image credit: Mike Stimpson

Image credit: Mike Stimpson

Image credit: Mike Stimpson

Image credit: Mike Stimpson

Image credit: Mike Stimpson

Image credit: Mike Stimpson

Image credit: Mike Stimpson

Image credit: Mike Stimpson

Image credit: Mike Stimpson

Image credit: Mike Stimpson

Image credit: Mike Stimpson

Image credit: Mike Stimpson

Image credit: Mike Stimpson