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Summary: Still defective
Review: ... All the pictures of American soldiers show the Vietnamese cowering away from them, being hurt by them, being horribly wounded, etc. All the pictures of the communist soldiers show them being brave. The written stuff by Halberstam and Sheehan is their same old same old blame America first. And you wonder why I think this book is dishonest and that photojournalists deserve no glory. Take a good look at the close ups of the American GIs, the ones here there faces fill the whole page, and look at the exhaustion and determination and fear and courage mixed in their eyes, and tell me again how great journaists are... And all my veteran friends have had the same reaction to this book...how about ONE picture, just ONE, of a medical aid team helping villagers, a soldier receiving a medal, a picture showing pride...never happen. I continue to think that this book is selective propaganda for the wrong side and fully deserves the "1" I gave it.
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Summary: Inadequate, narcissistic and mis-focused
Review: A book in which photojournalists congratulate photojournalists for being photojournalists. Narcissistic pap. The authors forget that those who record the activities and work of others are engaged, at best, in a derivative effort. Far too much attention is paid to these inflated egos already; the lowliest private with a rifle did more for the peoples of Indochina than these Ur-yuppies in pursuit of glamorous careers. Pass and buy Stewart O'Nan's The Names of the Dead instead. signed, Vietnam Veteran (1968-69)
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Summary: The finest work of the bravest veterans of Indochina.
Review: A brilliant collection of the work of the true heros of any war -- those who carry notebooks and cameras to record the truth of the moment. Who better than Tim Page to assemble this remarkable work? Page has always been a man of action, a man who continues to seek the facts about two of his closest friends and colleagues, Sean Flynn and Dana Stone, who were captured by Vietnamese forces in Svay Rieng, Cambodia, during April 1970, and for whom there has yet to be a "full acounting". Requiem is a stunning tribute to the world's war correspondents and photographers, a true treasure.
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Summary: The finest work of the bravest veterans of Indochina.
Review: A brilliant collection of the work of the true heros of any war -- those who carry notebooks and cameras to record the truth of the moment. Who better than Tim Page to assemble this remarkable work? Page has always been a man of action, a man who continues to seek the facts about two of his closest friends and colleagues, Sean Flynn and Dana Stone, who were captured by Vietnamese forces in Svay Rieng, Cambodia, during April 1970, and for whom there has yet to be a "full acounting". Requiem is a stunning tribute to the world's war correspondents and photographers, a true treasure.
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Summary: Superb insight into the grim reality or war
Review: A genuine testimony to the harshness and unseen horror of war. It is rare to see an unbiased account of any war especially Vietnam. Photography of this kind does not lie.
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Summary: Haunting . . . and a memorial to anyone killed in Vietnam
Review: As a photographer, I can't say I own "Requiem" out of sheer joy for the greatness of the photographs within. (No one who owns this book will keep it for that reason.) In fact, this is a book that can be at times painful to open up and look at.Perhaps this reaction is the result of the dual reality one is presented with - not only are the photos depicting (at times) someone being killed, but you also know that the person who took the photograph was also killed. In one photograph you actually see the last photo taken by that journalist before he died. So why own it? "Reguiem" is a proverbial granite memorial to anyone who was killed in Vietnam - American, South Vietnamese, North Vietnamese, whoever. By showing photographs from all sides it is able to maintain a level of objectivity that you won't find in many books. It just hits you with, "Here, this was the reality. Deal with it." Because of this it also acts as a book of history and not just one about photographers and their work. But still, I think "Requiem" will particularly appeal to anyone who's interested in photography and photojournalism. I'm reminded of the book "The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War" which is about photographers in South Africa and the fall of Apartheid. The photographers within that book are driven by excitment and adrenaline. They also want their photography to make an impact, to change the world. (A feeling many photojournalists share.) One of the photographers in that book, a man by the name of Kevin Carter who won the Pulitzer Prize winner for his shot of a dying Sudanese child, committed suicide as result of the desperation he felt. "Requiem" is in some ways a complement to "The Bang-Bang Club" because it shows the ultimate sacrifice war photographers sometimes make in their pursuit of the craft. This makes the book that much more haunting. While some of these photos did alter our perspective on the world, they didn't really change it. So was their sacrifice worth it? You have to open the book to decide for yourself.
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Summary: Haunting . . . and a memorial to anyone killed in Vietnam
Review: As a photographer, I can't say I own "Requiem" out of sheer joy for the greatness of the photographs within. (No one who owns this book will keep it for that reason.) In fact, this is a book that can be at times painful to open up and look at. Perhaps this reaction is the result of the dual reality one is presented with - not only are the photos depicting (at times) someone being killed, but you also know that the person who took the photograph was also killed. In one photograph you actually see the last photo taken by that journalist before he died. So why own it? "Reguiem" is a proverbial granite memorial to anyone who was killed in Vietnam - American, South Vietnamese, North Vietnamese, whoever. By showing photographs from all sides it is able to maintain a level of objectivity that you won't find in many books. It just hits you with, "Here, this was the reality. Deal with it." Because of this it also acts as a book of history and not just one about photographers and their work. But still, I think "Requiem" will particularly appeal to anyone who's interested in photography and photojournalism. I'm reminded of the book "The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War" which is about photographers in South Africa and the fall of Apartheid. The photographers within that book are driven by excitment and adrenaline. They also want their photography to make an impact, to change the world. (A feeling many photojournalists share.) One of the photographers in that book, a man by the name of Kevin Carter who won the Pulitzer Prize winner for his shot of a dying Sudanese child, committed suicide as result of the desperation he felt. "Requiem" is in some ways a complement to "The Bang-Bang Club" because it shows the ultimate sacrifice war photographers sometimes make in their pursuit of the craft. This makes the book that much more haunting. While some of these photos did alter our perspective on the world, they didn't really change it. So was their sacrifice worth it? You have to open the book to decide for yourself.
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Summary: Haunting . . . and a memorial to anyone killed in Vietnam
Review: As a photographer, I can't say I own "Requiem" out of sheer joy for the greatness of the photographs within. (No one who owns this book will keep it for that reason.) In fact, this is a book that can be at times painful to open up and look at. Perhaps this reaction is the result of the dual reality one is presented with - not only are the photos depicting (at times) someone being killed, but you also know that the person who took the photograph was also killed. In one photograph you actually see the last photo taken by that journalist before he died. So why own it? "Reguiem" is a proverbial granite memorial to anyone who was killed in Vietnam - American, South Vietnamese, North Vietnamese, whoever. By showing photographs from all sides it is able to maintain a level of objectivity that you won't find in many books. It just hits you with, "Here, this was the reality. Deal with it." Because of this it also acts as a book of history and not just one about photographers and their work. But still, I think "Requiem" will particularly appeal to anyone who's interested in photography and photojournalism. I'm reminded of the book "The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War" which is about photographers in South Africa and the fall of Apartheid. The photographers within that book are driven by excitment and adrenaline. They also want their photography to make an impact, to change the world. (A feeling many photojournalists share.) One of the photographers in that book, a man by the name of Kevin Carter who won the Pulitzer Prize winner for his shot of a dying Sudanese child, committed suicide as result of the desperation he felt. "Requiem" is in some ways a complement to "The Bang-Bang Club" because it shows the ultimate sacrifice war photographers sometimes make in their pursuit of the craft. This makes the book that much more haunting. While some of these photos did alter our perspective on the world, they didn't really change it. So was their sacrifice worth it? You have to open the book to decide for yourself.
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Summary: A close look at the hopes and sacrifices lost in Niet Nam
Review: Faas and Page have done a superb service in linking the two worlds of journalism and youth at war. These photographs show how the sacrifices were born equally by both sides. The closeness one feels to each moment, because of the courage of the photographers who risked and gave their lives to record them, is overwhelming. The momentum, the hopes, the palpable fears, all reach out from the carefully organized pages to give meaning and dignity to the process itself. I find myself physically there on either side of the lens hoping that we will never forget. Requiem stands as reverent testamony to the very hights of human nature under impossible conditions. Requiem also gives new life to the work of these great photojournalists by bringing to one place, many years later, a fresh exposure that continues to evoke hope and caring.
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Summary: The real face of war
Review: Having lost several friends in Vietnam I decided to get this book. The brave photographers who risked their lives really put a human face on the war. From pictures of abandonned children to memorial services. What I also like is that the Vietnameses photographers are also represented. I consider the best works to be those of Larry Burrows and Henri Huet. The essays that go with the pieces are also quite revealing to what the Vietnam experience was really like. A great book for anyone interested in Vietnam
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