Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>Am I to understand that Mr. Adams AND a motion picture cameraman were standing side by side at that moment? << Yes. I've seen the film as well and if I remember correctly Eddie Adams can be seen in it. Bryan - ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Schiemer <schiemer@magicnet.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 1999 10:14 AM Subject: [Leica] Re: E.Adams & Vietnam Photo > Have some questions about that particular photo: > [It's called "Moment of Execution", was taken Feb. 1, 1968. > The guy pulling the trigger of his hammerless pistol is Chief Brig. Gen. > Nguyen Ngoc Loan of the National Police, and the photo was made in Saigon > near the An Quang pagoda. Was run with Associated Press on or about that > date.] > > My questions are this; I've seen moving picture footage of the very same > vantage point, where the entire sequence is played out in horrific detail. > Am I to understand that Mr. Adams AND a motion picture cameraman were > standing side by side at that moment? Is the single fame we all attribute to > Mr. Adams (and a Leica) actually a frame taken from a motion picture camera? > Does anyone know about the 'real time' segment I am referring to? Has anyone > else seen it? Did E. Adams photo earn a Pulitzer as I am led to believe? > (and what year was that awarded?) > Did the 'real time' footage gain equal acclaim? > > I know you more knowledgeable folks will be a treasure trove of accurate > information on this one. Thanks in advance for your careful consideration. >