Vietnam Inc. is a photographic book produced by Philip Jones Griffiths and published in 1971 by Collier Books in New York, in both hard and soft back.[1] It contains 266 black and white photographs most with captions, sympathetic to the civilian perspective of the South Vietnamese people during the Vietnam War.
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| Author | Philip Jones Griffiths |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Collier |
Publication date | 1971 |
| Pages | 221 |
| ISBN | 0-7148-4603-1 |
| OCLC | 207485 |
The photographs were taken between 1966 and 1971, some originally shot in 35mm colour slide format and converted to black and white.[2] These gritty, sometimes shocking pictures were described by the New York Times as "The closest we are ever going to come to a definitive photo-journalistic essay on the war."[3]
The book is considered a classic and its publication in 1971 contributed to the public opinion against the war.[4] The South Vietnamese government banned Philip Jones Griffiths from reentering the country in 1971, after the publication.[5]
The original hardback book has become a collector's item. Vietnam Inc. was republished in 2001 by Phaidon with a foreword by Noam Chomsky.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Vietnam Inc". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ "Magnum Photos". pro.magnumphotos.com. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ Coleman, A.D. (1971-12-05). "Photography". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
- ^ Kennedy, Randy (2008-03-19). "Philip Jones Griffiths, War Photojournalist, Dies at 72". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
- ^ Appy, Christian G. (2003). "Cameras, books, and guns". Patriots: the Vietnam War remembered from all sides. New York: Viking. p. 241. ISBN 9780670032143.
- ^ "Vietnam Inc.". Magnum Photos. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
Sources
edit- Vietnam Inc. on the Philip Jones Griffiths Foundation web page
- Vietnam Inc. by Phillip Jones Griffiths on Musarium web page, archived from the original at the Wayback Machine
- Vietnam Inc. on Phaidon web page, archived from the original Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine at the Wayback Machine
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