- Hardcover: 336 pages
- Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd (6 Nov 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0224050583
- ISBN-13: 978-0224050586
- Product Dimensions: 31.5 x 25 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 785,372 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Between the French Indochina war of the 1950's and the fall of Phnom Penn and Saigon in 1975, 134 war photographers were killed. In this volume many thousands of photographs have been gathered to form a monument to the dead and a record of war photography in south-east Asia.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book really has some amazing and moving images. I have seen many of the 'vietnam' photography books, but this really is the best I have seen.
Requiem shows many of the last pictures taken by each person along with the moving stories about the photographer and the subject. At the back of the book is the Bio of each of the 135 journalists either MIA or KIA.
If you were only to buy one photography book about Vietnam, make it this one.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Its just astonishing how loud a photograph can shout. You pic the book up with interest & put it down with reverance. A memorial to those who fell & a tribute to those who gave their life to record them.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The photographs in this book are absolutely mind blowing. They are a creditable testament to the memory of the incredibly brave and talented photographers who did not return from Vietnam and Indochina.
Some of the greatest photographers of all time are listed here.
Some of their photographs have remained unseen for some 40 years. Some of the photographs taken were indeed the last visions seen by photographers who were actually killed whilst in the act of taking the photographs themselves.
The first hand reality of the 'at war' experience is brought home to the unitiated reader. To take these shots the photographers were of a necessity extremely close to the action and sometimes in the very midst of it. For their sacrifice in obtaining these images they lost their lives.
One can only sit back with awe at the scenes illustrated and wonder at the suffering, humanity & sometimes lack of it, that perpetuated these conflicts.
These photographers have done a great service in bringing home the reality of war to those who were not there. An amazing and fitting epitaph to those who fought, suffered and died on both sides.
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The Compelling Power of the Still Photograph
This is a truly remarkable collection of photos. The essence of so much of the agony of the wars in Vietnam captured on film. Read more
Published 18 months ago by John P. Jones III
A Bad Buy
Very dissatisfied with this item. I bought it for my partner's 60th birthday.
I was a book he wanted and was thrilled. When he opened the book a page fell out. Read more
I was a book he wanted and was thrilled. When he opened the book a page fell out. Read more
Published 22 months ago by OLD BIDDY
Engrossing
The book is very absorbing, each picture thought provoking and overall, emotionally moving.
It is expensive but worth it. Read more
It is expensive but worth it. Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2008 by RJ Whitelock
Requiem: By the Photographers Who Died in Vietnam and Indoch
Some of the best photographs seen in a book on vietnam, some simple but fantastic shots and no better way to remember those that gave their lives than this tribute.
Published on 26 Mar 2003 by S. Arnold
The Horror of War
This book cant be read. This book can only be viewed and your thoughts make up the words. The book uncovers the horror of the Vietnam War from the French to the US interests. Read more
Published on 13 Sep 2001 by Mr. J. P. Grove
Awesome book - buy it!
This book is awesome. The pages are packed with stunning, thought provoking pictures. Anyone with an interest in the human side of the vietnam war needs to read it.
Published on 18 Mar 2000
A moving and passionate book collated by Tim Page.
Tim Page worked in Viet Nam during the American period. This book however covers the conflict form the French occupation to the close of the war, and includes some Cambodian... Read more
Published on 1 April 1999
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