jc_braconi Posted January 15, 2011 Share #1 Posted January 15, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) This is a mixed (e)motion that push me to post this thread, it was originaly posted by Philippe D.(member of L-camera forum) on the summilux.net forum where he was an active member. Philippe passed away after two day of deep sicking on May 11th 2010. I was reading his last posts and found this one. The guys named in the title were in Viet Nam as War Reporters in the same time I was under duties 1967-1970 and I was following, especially Burrows & Huet, every week, works, printed in different magazines, until that day. the links to the articles : Vietnam-Reporter: Spätes Grab, teures Grab - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten - Kultur Vietnam-Reporter: Vier Tote und ein gläsernes Grab - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten - Kultur A Poignant Snapshot Of 4 Men and an Era - washingtonpost.com Four Photojournalists Killed During Vietnam War Come Home For Burial "The remainder of M3 from Larry Burrows, died with Henri Huet, Kent Potter, and Keisaburo Shimamoto, in their hélicopter shot down in Laos 10 fév. 1971." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 Hi jc_braconi, Take a look here Late burial for Burrows, Huet, Potter, Shimamoto. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
telewatt Posted January 15, 2011 Share #2 Posted January 15, 2011 The M3 camera had been sold by Leitz London retail outlet on July 7, 1960 ....Burrow was customer of the Leica outlet, and only he, among the four, was in London in July 1960... "Lost over Laos" by Richard Pyle and Horst Faas ISBN 0-306-81251-7 regards, Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share #3 Posted January 15, 2011 Yes, on the National Press Photographers Association article the legend for the picture taken by Ronen Zilberman says : "the serial number on the top of a battered Leica found at the crash site in Laos indicates the camera belonged to Larry Burrows of Life Magazine" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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