Vietnam War Retrospective
(100 photos)
On April 30, 1975, a helicopter evacuated the last Americans in Vietnam from a Saigon rooftop, bringing the war in Vietnam to a close. Presented here is the work of three remarkable photographers, David Burnett, Gilles Caron, and Don McCullin who collectively covered the war from 1967 to 1972 and include pivotal moments in the war like the 1967 Battle of Dak To (Caron), the 1968 Battle of Hué during the Têt offensive (McCullin) and the 1972 napalming at Trang Bang (Burnett). Also... more »
On April 30, 1975, a helicopter evacuated the last Americans in Vietnam from a Saigon rooftop, bringing the war in Vietnam to a close. Presented here is the work of three remarkable photographers, David Burnett, Gilles Caron, and Don McCullin who collectively covered the war from 1967 to 1972 and include pivotal moments in the war like the 1967 Battle of Dak To (Caron), the 1968 Battle of Hué during the Têt offensive (McCullin) and the 1972 napalming at Trang Bang (Burnett). Also presented are many of the central figures of the war such as US presidents, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon and international ant-war protests including demonstrations in China (by Li Zhensheng) and the USA (by Olivier Rebbot). « less
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