Lost over Laos

[johannielscom]

Today it is 50 years ago that Vietnam photographers Larry Burrows, Henri Huet, Kent Potter and Keisaburo Shimamoto were lost over Laos when their chopper went down. Their remains were not found until 2002.

Read this story by Dave Burnett (who wasn't allowed on the chopper, no seats left) on facebook.


The book Lost over Laos: https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Over-Laos-Tragedy-Friendship/dp/0306811960


The image everybody knows:

 

[johannielscom]

Larry Burrows was a huge gearhead, but in the end he was about people and photography, not cameras. Like his fellow photographers who died that day.

But, I’m thinking most RFF members are mostly interested in the first part of the above sentence...

 

[shimokita]

The book "Lost Over Laos" by Richard Pyle and Horst Faas / forward by David Halberstam / is well worth reading... Casey

 

[jkcampbell]

I think I've read "Lost Over Laos" at least three times.

Another great book on Vietnam era photographers is "Requiem : By the Photographers Who Died in Vietnam and Indochina".