1000 words behind the photo
Behind the camera: AP Photographer Where: 1968 Mexico City Olympics Photo Summary: Tommie Smith on the gold medal platform, John Carlos on the bronze raising their fists in salute with silver medalist Peter Norman looking on Picture Taken: October 17, 1968 Mexico City Olympics The AP called it a Nazi-like salute, and Chicago columnist Brent […]
Behind the camera: Bill Eppridge and Boris Yaro took similiar photos Where: Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles Photo Summary: Robert F Kennedy after he is shot. Hotel busboy Juan Ramero was shaking his hand when he was shot and was the first to help him Picture Taken: Shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968 On […]
Behind the camera: James Louw Where: Balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, USA Photo Summary: A mortally wounded Martin Luther King Jr surrounded by friends and aides. Marrell Mccullough appears to be holding him in his arms Picture Taken: Minutes after the bullet struck at 6:01 p.m. April 4, 1968 By all accounts, […]
Behind the camera: Eddie Adams Where: In Cholon, the Chinese section of Saigon, Vietnam Photo Summary: General Nguyen Ngoc Loan killing Vietcong operative Nguyen Van Lem Picture Taken: Feb 1, 1968 After Nguyen Ngoc Loan raised his sidearm and shot Vietcong operative Nguyen Van Lem in the head he walked over to the reporters and […]
Behind the camera: Ronald L. Haeberle Where: Sơn Mỹ village, Sơn Tịnh district of South Vietnam Photo Summary: Victims of the My Lai massacre Picture Taken: March 16, 1968 In the early 70s, a poster was created to protest the Vietnam War. It combined photos taken by U.S. Army combat photographer Ronald L. Haeberle and […]
Behind the camera: Art Greenspon Where: Ashau Valley near Hue, Vietnam Photo Summary: Soldier with hands raised directing a medical evacuation helicopter to remove wounded men of A Company, 101st Airborne Division Picture Taken: April 01, 1968 3:00 PM Art Greenspon, who was then 26-years old, had travelled to Vietnam and was promptly hired as […]