ralph_jensen Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2008/03/lost.html Thanks to theonlinephotographer.com for the tip... (pls. delete this thread if this was posted before and I missed it!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew1 Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Thanks for posting this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 It appears that we learned NOTHING from this futile war! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolaresLarrave Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Painful read, mostly because of the loss of so many useful lives. Thanks for posting this article! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael s. Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Thanks. Being in the DC area, I'm very much looking forward to the reopening of the Newseum later this month.<p> More on Burrows: <a href=http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0302/lb_intro.html>Click here</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael s. Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Small gallery of Burrows' Vietnam photos: <a href=http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0302/lb_index.html>Click here</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive1 Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Good post. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg lockrey Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Bill Mitchell, Apr 02, 2008; 02:02 p.m. It appears that we learned NOTHING from this futile war! We learned to make synthetic rubber and no longer needed the rubber plantations that the French were trying to keep. Now if we could learn how to make synthetic gasoline.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohir_ali Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I know how to make and have made synthetic gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Google Fischer/Tropsch, Oryx, WGTL and GTL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohir_ali Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 "Oryx GTL" will get better results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christopher_a._junker1 Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Along with Robert Capra, the men that went down on that helicopter are on the very short list of the best war photojournalists ever. Pick your top five: Capra, Burrows, Huet, Rosenthal, ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohir_ali Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Robert Capa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Capa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_r._fulton_jr. Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 W. Eugene Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_r._fulton_jr. Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 David Douglas Duncan.<br> Thanks for the link, btw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_r._fulton_jr. Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 don't forget Don McCullin, Philip Jones Griffiths (<I>Vietnam, Inc.</I> - considered the most important Vietnam book) and Giles Peress. (sorry to keep throwing these in here, but I keep thinkin of 'em). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Roger Fenton (because he was the first), and Matthew Brady's field organization (Timothy O'Sullivan, etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose_angel Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I have already seen some Burrows images from that link. Surely this are the "softer" ones, suitable for all publics. I can imagine the rest of the negatives. Only people that were over there or have seen their whole portfolio really knows what this war means, thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blowingsky Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 The picture of the crushed Leica keeps banging around in my head. Sure, I had the irreverent thought about sending it to Sherry on April 1st, but seriously I looked at that crushed tool that had been in the hands of someone who was probably dedicated, certainly courageous and definitely able to maintain a sensibility in an environment that was insane. I look at it and I thought, "this is what it takes to stop a Leica. This is what it takes to stop some photojournalists. What will stop a war?" Because, eventually, war will stop. It also kinda looked like the soul of the camera looking back at its earthly remains. Hmmm, I need to get out and shoot more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnguyen Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 thanks for the link. Brought me back to some old memories of Vietnam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_ginman Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 "We learned to make synthetic rubber and no longer needed the rubber plantations that the French were trying to keep" Sorry, but the US were producing 70,000 tons of synthetic rubber a year in 1945. regards Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_ginman Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Sorry, that should read "70,000 tons of rubber PER MONTH in 1945." regards alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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