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  Eddie Adams (photographer) at AllExperts
Eddie Adams (June 12, 1933 â€" September 19, 2004) was an American photographer noted for portraits of celebrities and politicians and as a photojournalist having covered 13 wars.
Adams later apologized in person to General Nguyen and his family for the irreparable damage it did to Loan's honor while he was alive.
Adams died in New York City from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease).
en.allexperts.com /e/e/ed/eddie_adams_(photographer).htm   (414 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Eddie Adams, 71
Eddie Adams, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of a Vietnamese general executing a Viet Cong prisoner in the streets of Saigon became an enduring symbol of the brutality of the Vietnam War, died yesterday in his New York home.
Adams was far prouder of other Vietnam photos: a series he shot of 48 refugees in a 30-foot boat that made it to Thailand only to be towed back out to sea by Thai marines.
Adams is survived by his wife of 15 years, Alyssa; a son, August, 14; three children from a previous marriage, Susan Ann Sinclair and Edward Adams II of Atlanta and Amy Marie Adams of New Jersey; his 100-year-old mother, Adelaide; and four sisters.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002040726_adamsobit20.html   (520 words)

  
 Obituary: Eddie Adams / New Kensington native who won Pulitzer for photo of execution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Eddie Adams, a photojournalist whose half-century of arresting work was defined by a single frame -- a Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photo of a communist guerrilla being executed in a Saigon street during the Vietnam War -- died yesterday in New York City.
Adams said, recalling Loan's explanation that the man he executed was a Viet Cong captain, responsible for murdering the family of Loan's closest aide a few hours earlier.
Adams is survived by his wife of 15 years, Alyssa, and a son; three children by a previous marriage; his 100-year-old mother, Adelaide Adams, and four sisters.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/04264/382106.stm   (702 words)

  
 Eddie Adams, 71, Pulitzer-winning photographer - The Boston Globe
Adams, who had been photographing the suspect as local police marched him to his fate, was not aware of what was planned.
Adams had no social or political agenda, but was at heart "a hard-news photographer, always sharply focused on the picture that tells the story," said Hal Buell, former AP executive photo director.
Adams was found in May to have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/09/20/eddie_adams_71_pulitzer_winning_photographer?mode=PF   (864 words)

  
 NPPA: Photojournalism Icon Eddie Adams Dies
Adams won the Pulitzer Prize for news photography in 1969 for his February 1, 1968, photograph titled "Saigon Execution." It shows Nguyen Ngoc Loan, a South Vietnamese general, shooting a bound Vietcong prisoner at point-blank range in a Saigon street.
Adams may have been best known for his Vietnam photograph, but his career spanned coverage of 13 wars, as well as international politics, show business, and fashion for newspapers, wire services, and magazines.
Adams is survived by his wife of 15 years, Alyssa Ann Adkins, and their son, August Everhett Adams, 14.
www.nppa.org /news_and_events/news/2004/09/photojournalism_icon_eddie_adams_dies.html   (1101 words)

  
 cbs4denver.com - Photographer Eddie Adams Dies
Born on June 12, 1933, in New Kensington, Pa., Adams 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 from 1976-80, and with Time-Life, Parade magazine and other publications.
Adams had no social or political agenda, but was at heart "a hard-news photographer, always sharply focused on the picture that tells the story," said Hal Buell, AP's former executive photo editor.
Adams is survived by his wife of 15 years, Alyssa, and a son, August; three children by a previous marriage, Susan Ann Sinclair and Edward Adams II, both of Atlanta, and Amy Marie Adams, of New Jersey; his 100-year-old mother, Adelaide Adams, and four sisters.
cbs4denver.com /topstories/topstories_story_263215438.html   (906 words)

  
 Photographer famed for Vietnam War image dies
Adams, who died at his New York home of Lou Gehrig's disease, won a Pulitzer Prize for his 1968 photograph of a South Vietnamese colonel executing a communist North Vietnamese Vietcong prisoner in a Saigon street.
Adams' photographs graced the covers and front pages of magazines and newspapers around the world, including Time, Newsweek, Life, Paris Match, Vogue, Stern and The New York Times, and he won numerous awards for his work.
AP President and CEO Tom Curley said: "Eddie Adams was an enormous talent and an inspiration to generations of AP photographers and staffers.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-09/20/content_376106.htm   (243 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Eddie Adams (photographer)
Adams won the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography and a World Press Photo award for the photograph (captioned 'Nguyen Ngoc LoanGeneral Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a Viet Cong prisoner in Saigon'), but would later lament its notoriety.
Adams' legacy is continued through Barnstorm: The Eddie Adams Workshop, the photography workshop he started in 1988.
Adams died in New York City from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Eddie_Adams_(photographer)   (607 words)

  
 Eddie Adams
Eddie Adams was born as Edward T. Adams on June 12, 1933 in New Kensington PA.
Adams is also active in contributing to the photography world given that he holds an annual photo event, Barnstorm: The Eddie Adams Photojournalism Workshop for both amateurs and professionals alike.
There is an Online Tribute to Eddie Adams in which his peers and contemporaries express their grief and share their heartfelt memories of Adams' life and career.
www.tufts.edu /programs/mma/fah189/2004/kuok/adams-bio.html   (235 words)

  
 net127 » Photographer Eddie Adams Dies
Eddie Adams photo of S. Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a Viet Cong officer in Saigon on Feb. 1, 1968.
Eddie Adams, a photojournalist whose half-century of arresting work was defined by a single frame - a Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photo of a communist guerrilla being executed in a Saigon street during the Vietnam War - died Sunday.
“Eddie Adams was an enormous talent and an inspiration to generations of AP photographers and staffers.
net127.com /2004/09/19/photographer-eddie-adams-dies   (900 words)

  
 altpick*com :: Artist spotlight - Eddie Adams
Eddie tried to stay emotionally unattached to that photograph over the years, aware of what it's fame allowed him, and took from him.
Constant in photos of Eddie over the years is a look which defines 'sardonic', and somewhere in the frame, in his hand or dangling from his lip, will often be a cigarette of precariously improbable unfallen ash.
Eddie would shoot, and later the subject would recall only that Eddie had, 'been fun', or, 'was an interesting guy--not what I expected'.
altpick.com /spot/eddie_adams/index.php   (1546 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Americas | Iconic picture photographer dies
Adams arrived on the scene, along with a TV crew, attracted by the sound of gunfire.
Adams caught the instant of death in his photo which made front pages around the world and shocked the American public.
Adams was also well-known for his portraits of world figures including Presidents Richard Nixon and George W Bush, Jackie Kennedy, Mother Teresa, Pope John Paul II and Fidel Castro.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/3672060.stm   (391 words)

  
 Leica and Rangefinders Forum: Death of Eddie Adams and Carl Mydans
NEW YORK -- Eddie Adams, a photojournalist whose half-century of arresting work was defined by a single frame -- a Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photo of a communist guerrilla being executed in a Saigon street during the Vietnam War -- died Sunday.
Eddie was a great photographer, a very intense and focused individual and in many ways was the perfect epitome of the hard charging journalist...
Eddie shot some great assignments in Vietnam as well as after the war that don't get the attention they deserve.
www.photo.net /bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=009XH9   (247 words)

  
 PNN Gallery Eddie Adams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
One of the most honored and most published photographers of our time, Eddie Adams is also one of the most versatile: his career encompasses journalism, corporate, editorial, fashion, entertainment and advertising photography.
He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for his unforgettable photograph of the street execution of a Viet Cong.
Eddie Adams is a man to whom Clint Eastwood said, "Good shot;" Fidel Castro said, "Let's go duck hunting;" and the Pope said, "You've got three minutes."
www.photonews.net /gallery/eddieadams/eddieadams.html   (167 words)

  
 Nikon Imaging | Global Site | Activity | Nikon Photo Contest International | Results | Judges Profiles
She won the Eddie Adams US News and World Report assignment award and was nominated for the World Press Master Class.
During the summer of 2005, Bridget will be photographing the length of the historic Thoreau trail to be published as a book in 2007 commemorating the 150th anniversary of Henry David Thoreau's wilderness adventures in Maine.
On his return, he started setting up photographic studios and while working in processing labs, was the first in Singapore to set ISO standards for the photographic processing industry and achieved new standards in digital photography.
nikonimaging.com /global/activity/npci/npci2004-2005/profile.htm   (1353 words)

  
 100 Photographs that Changed the World by Life - The Digital Journalist
As Loan executed a prisoner who was said to be a Viet Cong captain, AP photographer Eddie Adams opened the shutter.
Adams won a Pulitzer Prize for a picture that, as much as any, turned public opinion against the war.
Adams felt that many misinterpreted the scene, and when told in 1998 that the immigrant Loan had died of cancer at his home in Burke, Va., he said, “The guy was a hero.
www.digitaljournalist.org /issue0309/lm12.html   (134 words)

  
 Eddie Adams - AOL Music
September 19, 2004) was an American photographer noted for portraits of celebrities and politicians and as a photojournalist...
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music.aol.com /artist/eddie-adams/50416/main   (101 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | In Pictures | In pictures: Eddie Adams
Eddie Adams, who took this famous Vietnam War picture of a Vietcong prisoner being shot dead, has died at the age of 71.
Adams photographed Leila Khaled, a Palestinian famous for her involvement in a series of hijackings in 1970.
Adams took this picture of Mother Teresa, cradling an armless baby girl, at her order's orphanage in Calcutta, India in 1978.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/in_pictures/3672428.stm   (211 words)

  
 Top war photographers note less access to combat zones
Associated Press photographer Eddie Adams was in Saigon in 1968 when he photographed one of the Vietnam War's powerful pictures.
In one, Associated Press photographer Eddie Adams froze a moment of death in Saigon in 1968 as South Vietnamese police chief Brig.
These iconic photographs of suffering, death and destruction will be the centerpieces of a discussion by their principals April 23 at West Virginia University.
www.post-gazette.com /World/20020414warpix2.asp   (1277 words)

  
 Eddie Adams: What A Guy - CBS News
Eddie won the Pulitzer for a picture he took in Vietnam of a South Vietnamese colonel executing a Viet Cong agent, a picture he came to hate after he learned the agent had killed the colonel's family.
When I was a young newspaper reporter in Vietnam, Eddie and I often traveled together and we had a deal.
Eddie's friend Pete Hamill wrote this week that whenever he saw Eddie after the war, Eddie would always remark on what a glorious day it was.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/09/27/opinion/schieffer/main645773.shtml   (348 words)

  
 Shutterbug: Tamron Sponsors Student To Attend Barnstorm XVII: The Eddie Adams Workshop
She hopes the skills she will develop at the Eddie Adams Workshop will allow her to powerfully share with the world these exceptional children.
The students are divided into teams and led by a photographer, an editor and a researcher, all professionals in their field.
In addition to Adams, participating photographers have included Harry Benson, Eric Draper, Bill Eppridge, Tom Franklin, Walter Ioos, David Kennerly, Douglas Kirkland, Heinz Kluetmeier, Mary Ellen Mark, Joe McNally, Gordon Parks, Joe Rosenthal and Nick Ut. Carl Mydans, who passed away last month, was involved in the workshop from its inception.
www.shutterbug.net /news/090704tamronsponsor/index.html   (466 words)

  
 Photo Source: Books & Magazines
Approaching a vital subject clearly, concisely, and in a visually entertaining manner, this book for photographers of all levels is a complete course in exposure tools and techniques.
Teaches photographers how to recognize zones both on the print and in the field or studio, to pre-visualize and expose accordingly, to access their prints and negatives for contrast, and to test equipment for reliable results.
Authoritative books offering photographers the latest essential information on topics such as professional practices, copyright, business and legal forms, pricing, digital studios, stock and studio photography, and trademarks.
www.digitaltruth.com /books.html   (1084 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Photographer Eddie Adams Dead at 71 - Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment
NEW YORK — Eddie Adams (search), a photojournalist whose half-century of arresting work was defined by a single frame -- a Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photo of a communist guerrilla being executed in a Saigon street during the Vietnam War -- died Sunday.
A crafter of images, Adams also cultivated his own -- a prickly personality with a studied flamboyance that included a fl wardrobe, a neck scarf and a wide-brimmed porkpie hat.
Adams' latest project included a video profile featured on Jerry Lewis' annual 24-hour Labor Day Telethon to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association -- an event that Adams himself once regularly photographed.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,132856,00.html   (1241 words)

  
 Eddie Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
Authored by Eddie Paul, the man who built the cars for "The Fast and The Furious and "2 Fast 2 Furious, this technical book shows how to transform a sport compact car into one of...
Eddie Gibbs candidly analyzes new church models while proposing nine areas in which the church will need to transform to be biblically true to its message and mission.
Through photographs by Eddie Adams and interviews by human rights activist Kerry Kennedy, gripping stories are revealed of 51 men and women around the globe who put their lives on the line, surviving imprisonment, torture, and death threats, because of hope for and dedication to a future where equality is common and oppression rare.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Eddie   (1112 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Decir la Verdad al Poder: Books: Kerry Kennedy,Carlos Fuentes,Eddie Adams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Accompanying the interviews is a powerfully moving series of portraits by world-renowned photographer Eddie Adams.
Eddie Adams' photographs have been seen on the covers and front pages of several international publications.
Recipient of more than 500 international, national and local awards including the Pulitzer Prize, he is one of the most decorated and published photographers in America today.
www.amazon.com /Decir-Verdad-Poder-Kerry-Kennedy/dp/1884167373   (783 words)

  
 The Razor » 2004 » September
What’s interesting is what Adams himself had to say about the photo and the shooter, Lt. Col.
“The guy was a hero,” Adams said, recalling Loan’s explanation that the man he executed was a Viet Cong captain, responsible for murdering the family of Loan’s closest aide a few hours earlier.
“Adams died at his Manhattan home from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, said his assistant, Jessica Stuart.
www.therazor.org /?m=200409   (4394 words)

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