ADAMS EDDIE (1933 2004) Saigon (General Nguyen Ngoc Loan exe

Sale 2191 - Lot 255

Price Realized: $ 43,200

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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000

ADAMS, EDDIE (1933-2004)
Saigon (General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a Viet Cong prisoner Nguyen Van Lém). Oversize silver print, 14x19 inches (35.5x73.6 cm.), with Adams' signature and notations "Saigon, 1968," in ink, on recto. 1968; printed 1980s

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Gifted by Eddie Adams to his son, Ed Adams, and accompanied by a letter of provenance. This iconic image won Adams the 1969 Pulitzer Prize and a World Press Photo award. Later on he would lament its notoriety: 'The general killed the Viet Cong; I killed the general with my camera." In addition to the Pulitzer, Adams received more than 500 awards for his press photographs.