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EDDIE ADAMS (1933–2004)
Execution of the Vietcong
Nguyê ˜n Văn Văn Lém / Portrait
of the photographer, Saigon
1968

Press silver wire print on single-weight
glossy paper
Typographic text above the images, the
photographer Edward T. Adams on the
right side of the print. Date stamp
“FILED NOV 15 1968” on the reverse.
T e police chief of Saigon, General
Nguyê ˜ n Ngo. c Loan, shot Vietcong-mem-
ber Nguyê ˜ n Văn Lém in front of
Photographer Edward Adams from the
Associated Press. He received an award
for this icon of uninhibited brutality
under the conditions of war.
15,2 × 22,9 cm (6.0 × 9.0 inch)
€ 1.800 / € 3.000 – 3.500

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