Photography During Viet Nam Conflict

[Bill Clark]

http://petapixel.com/2016/03/23/soldiers-photographed-vietnam-war/

Here is the link to You Tube video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PTm3x...01p8IEIT7P3G07Mh8OEf1ukn79Mi9-NBYriQunPGPKLNA

Exhibition is in Chicago.

Enlisted men from the United States military who photographed the Viet Nam conflict. One photo shows the soldier with Leica and Rolleiflex cameras.

Thought I would put the event here for you to read snd maybe attend.

A Facebook photographer friend who lives in Kuala Lumpur lead me to this story.

 

[lynnb]

Thanks for the link Bill.

Does anyone recognise the SLR hanging around the neck of Captain Roger B. Hawkins?

 

[Mauro]

Maybe a Asahi Pentax Spotmatic SP 500?

 

[Timmyjoe]

One photo shows the soldier with Leica cameras.

You may already know this but Leica made a special M2 camera for the U.S. Military during the Vietnam War, the Leica M2S. It was the same as the later released M2R, and came with three lenses (35, 50, & 135 IIRC) and a case.

 

[ruby.monkey]

Thanks for the link Bill.

Does anyone recognise the SLR hanging around the neck of Captain Roger B. Hawkins?

Looks like it might be a Yashica Penta J.

 

[kuuan]

Thanks for the link Bill.

Does anyone recognise the SLR hanging around the neck of Captain Roger B. Hawkins?

a Spotmatic?
a photo of a camera with a bullet hole that 'saved the life of a Japanese photographer' exposed at the 'war remnant museum' in Ho Chi Minh City:

camera saved life by andreas, on Flickr
for anybody interested in photos of Vietnam before, during and after the "American War" resp. "Vietnam War": https://www.flickr.com/photos/13476480@N07