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Article: Agent Orange: "Collatteral Damage" in Viet Nam.(Photography and War -- Books Reviewed)(Book Review)
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AGENT ORANGE: "COLLATTERAL DAMAGE" IN VIEW NAM BY PHILIP JONES GRIFFITHS London: Trolley Ltd, 2003. 176
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Philip Jones Griffiths drew public attention in 1971 when he published Vietnam Inc., a book that focused on the ordeal of the Vietnamese civilian population during the war, from napalm to agent orange, "zippo" raids to blind bombing and shelling, famine to prostitution. A chemist and pharmacist by training, one with a keen eye and a big heart, Jones Griffiths had previously joined the Magnum agency. The plight of the most innocent victims of conflicts has always been his concern. Among some of his most famous photographs, even ...