Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: E.Adams & Vietnam Photo
From: "Bryan Caldwell" <bcaldwell@softcom.net>
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 11:49:29 -0700

>>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.
>