Lot 303
303 •HORST FAAS (1933-2012)
Suite of 19 press and wire photographs relating to the war in South Vietnam by Faas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer.
The photographs, which span more than a decade, attest to the length of the war, and include a print of the wounded photographer being evacuated. Ferrotyped silver press prints and wire service prints (2), the images measuring 9¾x7¾ inches (24.8x19.7 cm.), and the reverse, the sheets slightly larger, 16 with a mimeographed slug and one with a newspaper clipping on verso. 1962-74
[2,500/3,500]
A wounded South Vietnamese soldier is helped by a friend * South Vietnamese Warriors at Bu Do, Bu Dop * Green Berets in Taiwan * Crash Survivor * Taking it in Stride * Peasants with Oxcards crossing Moei River, Palu * Tattered children refugees, Laos * Fortune of War, Laos * Locked in land of Combat, Laos, and more.
From the Collection of Ira Richter.
