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Re: American soldier's Vietnam War photos
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2015, 05:01:34 PM »
Those are really really great photos. I'm surprised he was able to get such good shots while out in the chaotic field.

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Re: American soldier's Vietnam War photos
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2015, 06:25:36 PM »
it would be cool to see the photos from the other side. I just had an order to scan an album from a Nazi soldier. Gives an interesting perspective.

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Re: American soldier's Vietnam War photos
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2015, 09:22:03 PM »
The bad thing about wars is that both sides always think they're right...
There was a memorable scene in Jim Henson's Dinosaurs sitcom that drives the point quite well.
https://youtu.be/6-azYBf3FDI?t=5m15s
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Re: American soldier's Vietnam War photos
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2015, 09:43:48 PM »
it would be cool to see the photos from the other side. I just had an order to scan an album from a Nazi soldier. Gives an interesting perspective.

Interesting you should mention that. Unfortunately, this is more about a couple controversies surrounding the work (manipulations, and who gets credit for discovering the photos) than actually showing photos.

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/02/questions-raised-about-vietnam-war-photos/

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Re: American soldier's Vietnam War photos
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2015, 01:21:14 AM »
it would be cool to see the photos from the other side. I just had an order to scan an album from a Nazi soldier. Gives an interesting perspective.

Interesting you should mention that. Unfortunately, this is more about a couple controversies surrounding the work (manipulations, and who gets credit for discovering the photos) than actually showing photos.

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/02/questions-raised-about-vietnam-war-photos/

Oh yeah I remember this

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Re: American soldier's Vietnam War photos
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2015, 11:28:13 AM »
it would be cool to see the photos from the other side. I just had an order to scan an album from a Nazi soldier. Gives an interesting perspective.
There was a book out recently which was reported about in several (French-speaking) media http://www.amazon.fr/CEUX-DU-NORD-Patrick-Chauvel/dp/2352043492
... or this other one: http://www.anothervietnam.com/book.html