Abrams in 1949, ABRAMS is the preeminent publisher of high quality art and illustrated books. On the Web: About Abramsįounded by Harry N. Nearly 300 photographs were selected from the tens of thousands filed by the AP during the conflict to make this book. The AP correspondents and photographers who covered the war form a legendary cadre in American journalism. The Associated Press won an unprecedented six Pulitzer Prizes for its coverage of Vietnam. On any given day, more than half the world’s population sees news from AP. Founded in 1846, AP today is the most trusted source of independent news and information. The Associated Press is the essential global news network, delivering fast, unbiased news from every corner of the world to all media platforms and formats. Say the word ‘Vietnam’ today to most people of a certain age the image that rises is usually a photograph. From Vietnam, photographers taught the world how to see the war. As a young reporter, I had learned much from photographers about how to see, not merely look. “Across the years of the war in Vietnam, the AP photographers saw more combat than any general,” Hamill writes in his introduction. More than 60 photographs will be on view. A chronological text that is woven throughout places their work in historical context.Īs the world begins to look back from the vantage point of half a century, this is the book that will serve as a photographic record of the drama and tragedy of the Vietnam War.Īn exhibition at the Steven Kasher Gallery in Manhattan will coincide with the book’s publication. “Vietnam: The Real War” features more than 50 photojournalists, including Eddie Adams, Horst Faas, Henri Huet, Nick Ut and Dang Van Phuoc, and highlights the work of such distinguished war correspondents as Peter Arnett, Malcolm Browne and Seymour Topping. In a moving essay, writer Pete Hamill, who reported from Vietnam in 1965, celebrates their achievement. 1, 2013 304 pages 300 photographs US $40.00/CAN $45.00/UK £25.00) are images that tell the story of the war that left a deep and lasting impression on American life.įrom Malcolm Browne’s photograph of the burning monk to Nick Ut’s picture of a 9-year-old running from a napalm attack to Eddie Adams’ photograph of the execution of a Viet Cong prisoner, this book contains the pictures that both recorded and made history, taken by unbelievably courageous photojournalists. Collected in “ Vietnam: The Real War” (Abrams Oct. To cover the Vietnam War, the Associated Press gathered an extraordinary group of superb photojournalists in its Saigon bureau, creating one of the great photographic legacies of the 20th century.
And we need to see them because we created them."Vietnam: The Real War" (Abrams Oct. That's rude.'" "I take these pictures so that we can look we can see what we're not supposed to see. In a National Public Radio interview about his project, Jay said, "You can imagine how many times each of these men and women have heard a parent tell their child, 'Don't look. We wish we could still be with them, but it wasn't 'in the cards.' Then we get up, remember the good times, and thank God for whatever we have left." Image by David Jay/ David Jay Photography. I asked Nicholas for his permission to post these images and this was his response: "The only thing that I want to pass on is this: Losing limbs is like losing a good friend. We took these pictures this past weekend in the swimming pool at Walter Reed Medical Center. 12, 2011, he was severely injured by an IED while on a foot-patrol in Panjwaii, Afghanistan. Image by David Jay/ David Jay Photography.