Monday, September 20, 2004

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Most people - including, I expect, most of you - knew him for his recording of one particular moment. Those who knew the field knew him for 50 years of works.

Eddie Adams, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, died at home in New York City on Sunday at 71.
[H]e served as a Marine Corps combat photographer in the Korean War and became one of the nation's top photojournalists with newspapers, the AP from 1962-72 and again 1976-80; and with Time-Life, Parade and other publications.

Along with 13 wars, he covered international politics, fashion and show business. His portraits included U.S. presidents from Richard Nixon to President Bush and such world figures as Pope John Paul II, Deng Xiao Ping, Anwar Sadat, Fidel Castro, Mikhail Gorbachev, Indira Gandhi and the Shah of Iran.

In addition to a 1969 Pulitzer Prize ... Adams's more than 500 honors included a 1978 Robert Capa Award and three George Polk Memorial Awards for war coverage.
And that one picture, yes, you know it. It was taken in Saigon in 1968 during the Tet Offensive and shows a suspected guerrilla being shot in the head at point-blank range. Yes, that one.

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