eddie adams r.i.p.

[back alley]

story here

 

[RML]

I know the Saigon photo but I have never heard of the man. There's still much to learn, and very little time to do so. Too bad we often have to realise a (wo)man's work when we read their obituary in the newspaper. Too sad....

 

[taffer]

I don't use to read too many newspapers but last sunday my uncle came home with it and I found this on the weekend magazine.

Curious note, after he lost his leg during a battle short after this shot (no pun intended), Nguyen N. Loan (the Vietnam police officer shooting this Vietcong militian) moved to the US where he opened a pizza restaurant.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

Supposedly the Pizza place in Burke, Virginia was opened by that Officer ~1975. They served square pizza, it was pretty good.

 

[peter_n]

Unfortunately that link isn't working any more. 🙁

 

[taffer]

Nope but just found this one on PN, not sure if the pizza place is mentioned though 🙂

http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0410/adams_intro.html

 

[Sonnar Brian]

Yes, that was his Pizza Place. It was always rumored that he was the owner of it since the day it opened. He seemed like a nice person.

 

[taffer]

According to the article on that magazine, when Eddie was asked what did he think about Mr. Loan after seeing that, he replied 'imagine you're in a war and you capture someone who has just killed some of your friends, what would you do?'

Difficult answer !

But in the end, there's always pizza.

PS: And btw, that new avatar of yours is simply fantastic. I know from experience that is not easy at all to take pics of someone on a swing.