Horst Faas

Philip Katcher, 1965, August, Horst Faas at work at Cam Rahn, Viet Nam, when the 1st Infantry Division landed there., Black and white image, Provided by the artist - Philip Katcher, LL/48049

Horst Faas

Born: 1933, 28 April - Germany, Berlin
Died: 2012, 10 May - Germany, Munich
Gender: Male
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War photographer and photojournalist. His outstanding work during the Vietnam War won the 1965 Pulitzer Prize. He was also an excellent picture editor, selecting two of the most memorable photographs of the Vietnam War: Eddie Adams‘s 1 Feb 1968 photograph of an execution on a Saigon street and Nick Ut‘s 1972 photograph of Kim Phuc, the young girl running down a rural road after being burnt by napalm.

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