IMAGE OF THE ARTWORK

Eddie Adams - An Image of the Artwork

Eddie Adams - An Image of the Artwork

Introduction

Eddie Adams (June 12 in 1933 - September 19 in 2004) is a photographer who America is known for his portraits of celebrities, politicians, and as war correspondent, journalist photo 13 the war . The most famous photograph of him taken when he was a reporter for the news agency Associated Press (AP) in the Vietnam War - photo CEO National Police Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Ngoc Loan shooting straight at the beginning of a Vietnamese Communist soldiers had their hands tied on the streets of Saigon on February 1, 1968, the first days of Tet Event 1968. Adams won the Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for photos of events and prize World Press Photo 1968 thanks to this picture, but then he proved guilty as a result of individuals Minister Loan.

The kind of picture half truth had this disastrous misleading from the collection of 500 photographs, he even won it once and did not recognize photos tell all the truth, as he said above Picture is only half the truth. (They are only half-truths). Adams later apologized Loan individuals and families minister, for the losses he cannot heal by the image. When General Loan died, Adams had regarded him as a hero. Adams once said we'll be happier if known by the pictures about 48 boats of Vietnam on a boat length of 10 meters above the sea to Thailand and then towed back to sea by the Thai Navy. The images, along with subsequent reports that have contributed to persuade President Jimmy Carter accepted 200 thousand Vietnam boat people settled in America. Adams stressed that we bring good things and not to harm anyone.

Discussion

In 2009, the book Eddie Adams: Vietnam, a first book collected the works of Adams was Alyssa Adams, wife of Eddie Adams editing, filtering and images published by Umbrage Editions released. At the same time, an exhibition showcasing the pictures was held at the Museum of Umbrage in Brooklyn, New York from February 5 to April 30, 2009. Mark Savoia, Still River Editions its charge in the photos for the exhibition, said: Working in the picture to show the brutality of war in the late 60s helped us get response powerful, even after 40 years. and Every photo eye hits the real war we happen every day. bold approach of Adams is the guiding principle in every war correspondent since then (Adams, 2008).

Clearly this is a terrible image of the icons of the Vietnam War (1959-1975), in fact was awarded the Pulitzer in 1969. Just over 40 years was taken by Eddie Adams, photographer of AP, the February 1, 1968 (Adams, 2008). The man with the gun in his hand is General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, South Vietnamese police. At that point is a prisoner of the Vietcong, freshly caught by the general, about to be executed. It all happened on the second day of what was left to history as ...