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Article: Philip Jones Griffiths, photographer who shaped Vietnam war opinion, dead at 71
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- March 19, 2008
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Welsh-born photojournalist Philip Jones Griffiths, who spent years traveling across Vietnam to capture the effect of war on the country's civilian population, has died, a photo agency said. He was 72.
Jones Griffiths, who joined the Magnum photo agency as an associate member in 1966 and later became its president, died of cancer at his London home Wednesday, the agency's commercial director Rhiannon Davies said.
He was perhaps best known for his book "Vietnam Inc." _ described as one of the most detailed studies of any conflict. The book and his anti-American stance on the war made him an instant icon among European photographers.
In one of his most haunting ...
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