Larry Burrows- Compassionate Photographer

Staff Time-Life - Editors

Published by Time-Life Books, New York, 1972

About this Item

170 Un-numbered pages. Tan boards with corners not bumped. Very light soiling.No marks or stamps. Interior text and photgraphic pages are flawless. Full page photos on most pages - many in color. Slipcase shows minor wear and use. Larry Burrows began working for Life Magazine in 1942 in LondonL In 1945 he started to photograph people like Ernest Hemingway and Winston Churchill. He didn't like being called a war photographer, but he spent much of his career on battlefields for the magazine covering conflicts in the Congo, the Middle East and Vietnam. He was a three time winner of the Robert Capa Gold Medal for still photography requiring exceptional courage and enterprise. He was named 1967 Magazine Photographer of the Year by the Pictures of the Year competition of the National Press Photographers Association This book has examples of his work in England, the Congo, Inida-China conflict in 1962 but for the most part it consists of the Vietnam war. On Feb. 6 1971, Larry Burrows photographed his last story -- the accidental U.S. bombing of a South Vietnamese positiion near Laos. Four days later, the helicopter carrying Burrows into Laos was lost and at age 44 he was dead. This book contains some of the best photography to come out of the Vietnam war. Seller Inventory # 14170

Bibliographic Details

Title: Larry Burrows- Compassionate Photographer

Publisher: Time-Life Books, New York

Publication Date: 1972

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good