Eddie Adams
American · 1933–2004 · Photographer
Edward Thomas Adams was an American photographer and photojournalist noted for portraits of celebrities and politicians and for coverage of 13 wars. He is best known for his… (Wikipedia)
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Moment of Execution, VietnamGrisebach · €8,330≈ $12,554≈ £7,589Sign up to see
SaigonToomey & Co. · $3,276≈ £2,682≈ €3,081Sign up to see
HavanaToomey & Co. · $524≈ £429≈ €493Sign up to see
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Edward Thomas Adams was an American photographer and photojournalist noted for portraits of celebrities and politicians and for coverage of 13 wars. He is best known for his photograph of the execution of Nguyễn Văn Lém, a Viet Cong prisoner of war, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography in 1969. Adams was a longtime resident of Bogota, New Jersey.
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Also known as Eddie Adams / Associated Press, Edward T. Adams
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