woensdag, september 22, 2004
The Myth Behind Eddie Adams 'Execution' Photo
Eddie Adams's most famous image was the photograph he took on February 1, 1968, outside a Buddhist temple in Saigon, then the capital of the Republic of Vietnam. It showed the summary execution of a Vietcong "suspect" by a South Vietnamese officer. Adams, a legendary Associated Press photographer, subsequently won the Pulitzer Prize. The picture -- politicians, commentators, generals and historians have claimed -- "lost the war" for America.
As with most photo icons, the real story is different from the mythology; unfortunately, the myth is so compelling that reality seems an unwelcome intruder into the frame. But the job of the news photographer is to try to tell the truth as near as possible with film, tape or pixels, and Eddie Adams deserves the record to be set straight.
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As with most photo icons, the real story is different from the mythology; unfortunately, the myth is so compelling that reality seems an unwelcome intruder into the frame. But the job of the news photographer is to try to tell the truth as near as possible with film, tape or pixels, and Eddie Adams deserves the record to be set straight.
Lees het hele verhaal bij Editor & Publisher in The Myth Behind the Famous Eddie Adams 'Execution' Photo.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 21:53
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