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Under Fire : Great Photographers and Writers in Vietnam by Catherine Leroy (2005, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-101400063582
ISBN-139781400063581
eBay Product ID (ePID)43105455
Product Key Features
Book TitleUnder Fire : Great Photographers and Writers in Vietnam
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
TopicMilitary / Vietnam War, Photojournalism
IllustratorYes
GenrePhotography, History
AuthorCatherine Leroy
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight36.1 Oz
Item Length8.8 in
Item Width11.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-051379
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal959.704/3
SynopsisIn Under Fire, one of the most daring combat photographers of the Vietnam War, Catherine Leroy, pairs her work and that of other acclaimed photographers-among them Larry Burrows, Henri Huet, and Don McCullinwith moving, evocative essays from an equally stellar roster of writers, including David Halberstam, Philip Caputo, Neil Sheehan, and Tim O'Brien. Captured in the collected photographs is the full emotional spectrum of war. Through the camera's eye, we see the war from both the combatants' perspective and that of the Vietnamese civilians, for whom the conflict was a constant and horrendous backdrop. Some of the photographs are well known, verging on the iconic, others are less well circulated but no less evocative. All make indelible impressions on the viewerperhaps more so now than when they were taken, thirty to fifty years ago. The essays accompanying the photographs tell us about what happened to the photos' subjects, both when the shutter captured them and since; about the challenges facing the photographers in the heat of batt≤ and how, in some cases, the photographers changed history by bringing Vietnam's senseless violence to ordinary Americans' doorsteps, thereby helping turn public opinion against the war. Published to coincide with the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of Saigon, Under Fireis a potent, often poignant reminder of the men and women whose work helped forge the collective memory of a generation.
LC Classification NumberDS557.7.S495 2005
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