Unrestricted Photojournalism Vietnam War Unrestricted Photojournalism
Background N Vietnam + Southern Viet Cong= Communism US fears of communist expansion into S Vietnam Cold war tension made engaging N. Vietnam a sticky situation Many Americans, especially youth, did not believe in American involvement Contentious Draft Widespread protests 3 million people killed 58,000 Americans killed Americans pulled out in 1973 Vietnam eventually unified
Photojournalism in Vietnam Unrestricted access Many photojournalists had served as well: knew where to go and how to get there Welcomed by troops Unrestricted material Imagery had a huge impact upon American opinions regarding the war
Images that changed direction of war
War Photographer Eddie Adams: Listen!
John Filo Ohio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI7-m919ynU&_sm_au_=iVVPNV4r7VFHQFTr
Huynh Cong "Nick" Ut June 8, 1972
Phillip Jones Griffiths Vietnam Inc http://www.musarium.com/stories/vietnaminc/?_sm_au_=iVVPNV4r7VFHQFTr Time photo essay http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1725360_1554864,00.html?_sm_au_=iVVPNV4r7VFHQFTr Interview http://homepage.ntlworld.com/elizabeth.ercocklly/philip.htm?_sm_au_=iVVPNV4r7VFHQFTr
From the soldiers perspective On to the next one….
Resources http://academics.wellesley.edu/Polisci/wj/Vietnam/ThreeImages/brady2.html http://www.aperture.org/jonesgriffiths/ http://www.musarium.com/stories/vietnaminc/