Image Bank Assignment

I chose the gallery of Larry Burrows. What captured my attention was the way the photos were taken. All of the subjects in the photos were shot candidly and were not directly aware of the camera. But each picture you had seen saw them performing an action of sorts. Primarily based on Vietnam, you saw soldiers fighting courageously to survive and to help their fellow soldiers.

(In the image above, you see Vietnam soldiers taking in P.O.W's onto a boat)


Larry Burrows (29 May 1926 in London – 10 February 1971 in Laos) was an English photojournalist best known for his pictures of the American involvement in the Vietnam War. (Wikipedia, 2011)

He was best known for his picture which was shown on the cover of Life Magazine on April 16, 1965.

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