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RIP Malcolm Browne – he captured Quang Duc burning to death in Vietnam (photos)

by | 28th, August 2012

RIP Malcolm Browne, Associated Press correspondent in Saigon during the Vietnam War. Browne was the photographer who took the picture of Buddhist monk Quang Duc’s self-immolation on a Saigon street June 11, 1963. The image shocked the Kennedy White House into a re-evaluation of its Vietnam policy.  Browne’s photo shone a light on human suffering. Today, 24/7 rolling news is the obsession. But a single well-made photograph endures. These pictures are shocking:

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A policeman in Saigon halts buddhist monks carrying ashes of the monk who burned himself to death in June and a picture of the self-immolation on July 8, 1963. The incident happened following memorial services for the monk. Police ordered mourners to leave in small groups after the services. A fracas also occurred in which police felled Associated Press Correspondent Peter Arnett and smashed two cameras. South Viet Nam’s American press corps has appealed to President Kennedy to support a protest against manhandling of newsmen by Vietnamese police. (AP Photo/Horst Faas)

 

 



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