Pulitzer prize photos

[Graeme]

Originally Posted by Njaco

There was also video that I've seen.

I didn't know a film of the event existed, until I read this in Stanley Karnow's book, Vietnam-A History, page 542;

"At the "five o'clock funnies," as correspondents in Saigon called the regular afternoons briefings held in the U.S. information service auditorium, Westmoreland exuded his usual confidence. But his report was smothered the next morning in America's newspapers, whose front pages featured the grisly photograph of Loan executing the Vietcong captive. And the next morning, NBC broadcast its exclusive film of the event-slightly edited, to spare television viewers the spurt of blood coming from the prisoner's head."

[Njaco]

The video was extremely graphic. That spurt of blood line was so correct. Nothing like that is neat and clean.

[Konigstiger205]

I don't know if the second one did actually won a Pulitzer prize but its a very striking photo and the first one doesn't need any description...

[comiso90]

Originally Posted by Konigstiger205

I don't know if the second one did actually won a Pulitzer prize but its a very striking photo and the first one doesn't need any description...

I think I read something about this photo occurring days after the surrender and staged for the media... just like the same claims were made about the iwo jima photo.

but it is an iconic photo what ever the case is

[Gnomey]

Originally Posted by comiso90

I think I read something about this photo occurring days after the surrender and staged for the media... just like the same claims were made about the iwo jima photo.

but it is an iconic photo what ever the case is

It was staged the day after as when they first did it, it was too dark for the camera (or so I have read).

All the same, all the photos in this thread are great and a few are iconic (Iwo Jima/Vietnam execution).