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Old September 21st 04, 01:43 AM
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I'm surprised to hear all this. I always figured that was an incredible
photo - perfectly freezing the decisive moment, as it did. You have to
imagine Eddie Adams would have anticipated the ramifications of that photo,
when he took it from negative to print. He won a Pulitzer Prize for it, and
someone had to have submitted it.

Rob

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Apparently Eddie Adams wasn't very proud that he took the picture of the
Viet Cong captive being shot by Police Chief Lt. Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Loan.
He never displayed the picture in his studio and often refused to talk
about the picture. He once said, "Sometimes a picture can be misleading
because it doesn't tell the whole story." He often felt he "unfairly
maligned Loan" and in later years, the picture began to haunt him. Adams
was acquainted with Loan and considered "Loan a hero, given the
circumstances of the time."

What the picture didn't show was that the handcuffed Viet being shot by
Loan was a Viet Cong Captain who a couple of hours earlier had "personally
murdered the entire family of Loan's closest aid, moments before he was
captured." The world pitied the murder and condemned the grief stricken
Loan, and Adams was sorry he took the picture.

(Ref: Associated Press news release)

nick



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Old September 21st 04, 01:43 AM
Basic Wedge
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I'm surprised to hear all this. I always figured that was an incredible
photo - perfectly freezing the decisive moment, as it did. You have to
imagine Eddie Adams would have anticipated the ramifications of that photo,
when he took it from negative to print. He won a Pulitzer Prize for it, and
someone had to have submitted it.

Rob

--------------------

Apparently Eddie Adams wasn't very proud that he took the picture of the
Viet Cong captive being shot by Police Chief Lt. Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Loan.
He never displayed the picture in his studio and often refused to talk
about the picture. He once said, "Sometimes a picture can be misleading
because it doesn't tell the whole story." He often felt he "unfairly
maligned Loan" and in later years, the picture began to haunt him. Adams
was acquainted with Loan and considered "Loan a hero, given the
circumstances of the time."

What the picture didn't show was that the handcuffed Viet being shot by
Loan was a Viet Cong Captain who a couple of hours earlier had "personally
murdered the entire family of Loan's closest aid, moments before he was
captured." The world pitied the murder and condemned the grief stricken
Loan, and Adams was sorry he took the picture.

(Ref: Associated Press news release)

nick



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Old September 21st 04, 10:17 AM
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"Basic Wedge" wrote in message
news:YOK3d.479176$gE.270681@pd7tw3no...
I'm surprised to hear all this. I always figured that was an incredible
photo - perfectly freezing the decisive moment, as it did. You have to
imagine Eddie Adams would have anticipated the ramifications of that
photo, when he took it from negative to print. He won a Pulitzer Prize for
it, and someone had to have submitted it.

Rob

--------------------


According to the story line in the press release, "Drawn by gunfire, Adams
and an NBC film crew watched South Vietnamese soldiers bring a handcuffed
Viet Cong captive to a street corner where they assumed he would be
interrogated." As Adams was about to take a picture of the captive, "South
Vietnam's police chief, Lt.Col. Naguyen Ngoc Loan, strode up, wordlessly
drew a pistol and shot the man in the head." Then the story line goes on to
tell Loan shot the captive because he had just murdered an entire family. Of
Loan's actions, Adams said, "I don't say what he did was right, but he was
fighting a war and he was up against some pretty bad people." Through the
years "Adams found himself so defined ---- and haunted ---- by the picture
that he would not display it at his studio." When speaking of Loan, he
considered Loan to be a hero. Loan died in 1998 at his home in Virginia.

nick

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Apparently Eddie Adams wasn't very proud that he took the picture of the
Viet Cong captive being shot by Police Chief Lt. Colonel Nguyen Ngoc
Loan. He never displayed the picture in his studio and often refused to
talk about the picture. He once said, "Sometimes a picture can be
misleading because it doesn't tell the whole story." He often felt he
"unfairly maligned Loan" and in later years, the picture began to haunt
him. Adams was acquainted with Loan and considered "Loan a hero, given
the circumstances of the time."

What the picture didn't show was that the handcuffed Viet being shot by
Loan was a Viet Cong Captain who a couple of hours earlier had
"personally murdered the entire family of Loan's closest aid, moments
before he was captured." The world pitied the murder and condemned the
grief stricken Loan, and Adams was sorry he took the picture.

(Ref: Associated Press news release)

nick





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Old September 21st 04, 10:17 AM
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"Basic Wedge" wrote in message
news:YOK3d.479176$gE.270681@pd7tw3no...
I'm surprised to hear all this. I always figured that was an incredible
photo - perfectly freezing the decisive moment, as it did. You have to
imagine Eddie Adams would have anticipated the ramifications of that
photo, when he took it from negative to print. He won a Pulitzer Prize for
it, and someone had to have submitted it.

Rob

--------------------


According to the story line in the press release, "Drawn by gunfire, Adams
and an NBC film crew watched South Vietnamese soldiers bring a handcuffed
Viet Cong captive to a street corner where they assumed he would be
interrogated." As Adams was about to take a picture of the captive, "South
Vietnam's police chief, Lt.Col. Naguyen Ngoc Loan, strode up, wordlessly
drew a pistol and shot the man in the head." Then the story line goes on to
tell Loan shot the captive because he had just murdered an entire family. Of
Loan's actions, Adams said, "I don't say what he did was right, but he was
fighting a war and he was up against some pretty bad people." Through the
years "Adams found himself so defined ---- and haunted ---- by the picture
that he would not display it at his studio." When speaking of Loan, he
considered Loan to be a hero. Loan died in 1998 at his home in Virginia.

nick

--------------------------------------------------------------------------


Apparently Eddie Adams wasn't very proud that he took the picture of the
Viet Cong captive being shot by Police Chief Lt. Colonel Nguyen Ngoc
Loan. He never displayed the picture in his studio and often refused to
talk about the picture. He once said, "Sometimes a picture can be
misleading because it doesn't tell the whole story." He often felt he
"unfairly maligned Loan" and in later years, the picture began to haunt
him. Adams was acquainted with Loan and considered "Loan a hero, given
the circumstances of the time."

What the picture didn't show was that the handcuffed Viet being shot by
Loan was a Viet Cong Captain who a couple of hours earlier had
"personally murdered the entire family of Loan's closest aid, moments
before he was captured." The world pitied the murder and condemned the
grief stricken Loan, and Adams was sorry he took the picture.

(Ref: Associated Press news release)

nick





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Old September 21st 04, 12:10 PM
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"Al Jacobson" wrote in message
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He was a friend to all the brothers in light...
Eddie Adams, I used to see him at all the Nikon parties at the PMA and at
other functions. He always had time to answer questions and was usually
swamped.
At one of the parties I'm sitting right next to him having dinner and the
wife asks// "who is that gentleman you are talking to". "Oh, he's

probably
one of the most honored photographers of our time. His venues are in
journalism, corporate, editorial, fashion, entertainment and advertising".

He's been featured in Time, Newsweek, Life, Paris Match, Parade,

Penthouse,
Vogue, The London Sunday Times Magazine, The New York Times, Stern and
Vanity Fair. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for his
unforgettable photograph of the street execution of a Viet Cong. I found
this tidbit on PNN's page. and I quote, "Eddie Adams is a man to whom

Clint
Eastwood said, "Good shot", Fidel Castro said, "Let's go duck hunting",
The Pope said, "You've got three minutes".

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"Tony" wrote in message
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Eddie Adams who's photograph of a suspected VC terrorist being executed
in
the street by a police official has dies of ALS. He was 71.
The picture has become a symbol of the entire war.

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Old September 21st 04, 03:38 PM
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On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:27:16 +0000, Al Jacobson wrote:

He was a friend to all the brothers in light... Eddie Adams, I used to see
him at all the Nikon parties at the PMA and at other functions. He always
had time to answer questions and was usually swamped.
At one of the parties I'm sitting right next to him having dinner and the
wife asks// "who is that gentleman you are talking to". "Oh, he's
probably one of the most honored photographers of our time. His venues
are in journalism, corporate, editorial, fashion, entertainment and
advertising".

He's been featured in Time, Newsweek, Life, Paris Match, Parade,
Penthouse, Vogue, The London Sunday Times Magazine, The New York Times,
Stern and Vanity Fair. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for his
unforgettable photograph of the street execution of a Viet Cong. I found
this tidbit on PNN's page. and I quote, "Eddie Adams is a man to whom
Clint Eastwood said, "Good shot", Fidel Castro said, "Let's go duck
hunting", The Pope said, "You've got three minutes".


All these legends in photography dying have me wondering who the world
will remember as great photographers in (say) 30 to 50 years from now.
With so many photographers out there, so many tools at our disposal,
such massive media networks, who amongst this current age of photographers
will be honoured as having provided the world with memorable images?

--
Dallas www.dallasdahms.com
"Going down a dirty inner city side road I plotted
Madness passed me by, she smiled hi, I nodded"
- Sixto Rodriguez

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Old September 21st 04, 03:38 PM
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On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:27:16 +0000, Al Jacobson wrote:

He was a friend to all the brothers in light... Eddie Adams, I used to see
him at all the Nikon parties at the PMA and at other functions. He always
had time to answer questions and was usually swamped.
At one of the parties I'm sitting right next to him having dinner and the
wife asks// "who is that gentleman you are talking to". "Oh, he's
probably one of the most honored photographers of our time. His venues
are in journalism, corporate, editorial, fashion, entertainment and
advertising".

He's been featured in Time, Newsweek, Life, Paris Match, Parade,
Penthouse, Vogue, The London Sunday Times Magazine, The New York Times,
Stern and Vanity Fair. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for his
unforgettable photograph of the street execution of a Viet Cong. I found
this tidbit on PNN's page. and I quote, "Eddie Adams is a man to whom
Clint Eastwood said, "Good shot", Fidel Castro said, "Let's go duck
hunting", The Pope said, "You've got three minutes".


All these legends in photography dying have me wondering who the world
will remember as great photographers in (say) 30 to 50 years from now.
With so many photographers out there, so many tools at our disposal,
such massive media networks, who amongst this current age of photographers
will be honoured as having provided the world with memorable images?

--
Dallas www.dallasdahms.com
"Going down a dirty inner city side road I plotted
Madness passed me by, she smiled hi, I nodded"
- Sixto Rodriguez

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Old September 21st 04, 04:55 PM
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Al Jacobson wrote:

He was a friend to all the brothers in light...



On ABC News yesterday, the program ended with a brief retro on
Eddie Adams. Not only that most famous image but several others.
Definitely had an advanced eye for composition and the
"decisive moment" was clearly no mystery to him ... (although if
that term were mentioned he would likely scorn it...) per Peter
Jennings, he visited EA last week, and tossed some jibe at EA who
replied "with an obscene gesture." which, per PJ, was also pure
Eddie Adams.

Cheers,
Alan

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Old September 21st 04, 04:55 PM
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Al Jacobson wrote:

He was a friend to all the brothers in light...



On ABC News yesterday, the program ended with a brief retro on
Eddie Adams. Not only that most famous image but several others.
Definitely had an advanced eye for composition and the
"decisive moment" was clearly no mystery to him ... (although if
that term were mentioned he would likely scorn it...) per Peter
Jennings, he visited EA last week, and tossed some jibe at EA who
replied "with an obscene gesture." which, per PJ, was also pure
Eddie Adams.

Cheers,
Alan

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Old September 24th 04, 05:52 AM
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"Tony" wrote in message
om...
Eddie Adams who's photograph of a suspected VC terrorist being executed
in
the street by a police official has dies of ALS. He was 71.
The picture has become a symbol of the entire war.


The terrorist had it coming and Adams and Loan becanme good friends,
apparently, after the war. Adams regretted the problems this photo
caused Loan.
 




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