Their war photographers had to be close to the front lines, b/c of their equipment, so many of them died. The photographers from both sides knew each other & met in Saigon. After the war, the British photographer Tim Page searched for the Vietnamese photographers he knew. Many had died in the war

and so he tracked down their widows. Many of those photographers had buried their undeveloped film while they were working (to go back later to get it)...so he & others worked hard to gather the work of their Vietnamese counterparts. It was an incredibly beautiful exhibit...their work made me

understand why we lost the war (& helped me understand the importance of messaging...Dems would do well to study this right now) Here is a little about Page. Interesting fellow artistprofile.com.au/tim-page-a-p...

It actually looks like Doug Niven is the one who tracked down these photographers...see the link to the original article in NYT I just posted.

The Guardian did a feature on Tim Page’s photos when he died in 2022. This one could have been a scene from Apocalypse Now! www.theguardian.com/media/galler...

oh yes Here is a link to the original article in NYTimes ...that photo I showed was on the cover & I was obsessed w/ it. It was a part of a photography exhibit at the ICP in NYC & later a book was made w/ Natl Geographic. www.nytimes.com/2002/03/01/a...

"Like their American counterparts, the Vietnamese photographers worked under harsh conditions -- mud, heat, humidity, ever-shifting front lines. But the Vietnamese photojournalists didn't have multiple cameras, unlimited film, a flash or a darkroom. They usually carried one camera and a meager film

supply; some worked with big heavy 1940's Kodak press cameras. They created artificial lighting with a hand-held device loaded with gunpowder. And they developed film at night along mountain streams." It looks like it was Doug Niven who tracked these photographers down. @11tulips.bsky.social

@stevesawyer12.bsky.social @jakichantler.bsky.social @tepizep.bsky.social @beachpebblegirl.bsky.social @maryapetry.bsky.social @sailormichael.bsky.social @davidhemond.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social This is related to an earlier thread on Vietnamese war photographers. They produced cinematic

images despite having bulky or little equipment... the power of their "messaging" showed me why they won the war & we didn't (patriotic, vs our "war is bad" message)

Thanks!

This is fantastic, thanks for sharing. A friend of mine published a poetry weekly, and one of her poets was a Vietnam vet, that got to know, too. He got a job as a chauffeur for a wealthy elderly woman, and he saw Apocalypse Now! nine times.

I was thinking of the doctors and nurses. Operating on a soldier in knee deep water in a swamp is an impressive level of dedication.

they were patriots & doing what they needed to do to save their country & countrymen/women