Adams, Eddie
American (1933-)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Vietcong Arrested

1968 / print 1988
gelatin silver print
19.0 x 23.8 cm.
Gift of The Associated Press
GEH NEG: 37961
88:0398:0026

NON-GEH NUMBERS: 672/A / 11 49

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 674.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY: "Eyes of Time: Photojournalism in America", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, June 28 - September 17, 1989. (Traveled).//

INSCRIPTION: verso-(stamped) "11 49" (in pencil) "672/A"

copyright, The Associated Press/Eddie Adams

NOTES: Catalogued 6/88, DZ. Caption: "Vietcong arrested and executed. Carring a pistol and wearing civilian clothes, this Vietcong was captured near Quang Pagoda during attacks on Saigon February 1. Identified as an officer, he was taken to South Vietnamese National Police Chief, Brig. Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan, who shot him point-blank in the head." See also 88:398:27 & 28.

SUBJECTS:
people, under arrest
occupation, soldiers