Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The "Newseum" in Washington, DC currently has a large exhibit of prints of photos from the book. Very moving, and spectacular job of printing and display. One of the authors, Tim Paige, had a simple technique for getting great combat shots: When the GIs ducked, he stood up and snapped pictures. He was twice severely wounded. His good photographer friend Sean Flynn (son of actor Errol) was killed. A couple of Flynn's photos are in the exhibit. > Hello Friends, > > > Today I received a book I tought(when I bought) was a ordinary photo book > about war... > No, not even a single chance... It is one of the best photo books I ever > seen in my life. It is dedicated to the 135 photographers who died or got > MIA in action during the Vietnan an Indochina war. Great, really great > pictures and the best part... Leicas everywhere...almost... some Nikons too. > > One of the photographes, Larry Burrows said: > > "Do I have the right to carry on working and leave a man suffering? To my > mind, the answer is "no, you've got to help him." > > in one picture you could see Larry Burrow with his M3 helping the GIs with > a wounded soldier in a evacuation of the battlefield. > > The same Larry who got killed in a helicopter crash in Laos, during the war. > > Reading this book you cold discover what the word "Photographer" means. > > Buy it!!! it's really great... > > "Requiem" by the photographers who died in Vietnan and Indochina > > Authors: Horst Faas / Tim Page > > Editor: Random House > > ISBN: 0-679-45657-0 > > > Regards, > > > > Luiz O. Marinho > Sao Paulo - SP. > Brazil > lmarinho@br2001.com.br > www.marinho.com.br (under construction) > > Cyrus Gardner Kormendi\Gardner Partners 202/822-0900 voice 202/331-1151 fax