Anti-American war photos by late journalist on display
Photos of the resistance war against the US by the late photojournalist Lam Tan Tai, first general chairman of the Vietnam Photographers Association, are on display at the Ho Chi Minh City Photography Museum.
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Photos of the resistance war against the US bythe late photojournalist Lam Tan Tai, first general chairman of the VietnamPhotographers Association, are on display at the Ho Chi Minh City PhotographyMuseum.
Fifty-five black-and-white works featureVietnamese soldiers in battles during the Mau Than Offensive in 1968 and invictory in the spring of 1975.
Tai’s lively photos impressedviewers who attended the event’s opening ceremony on August 19.
One of his featured photosportrays American air force commander David Odell, the last US military personnelwho left Tan Son Nhat Airport on March 29, 1973.
“Our exhibition is part of thecity’s cultural activities to celebrate 73rd National Day, September 2,” saidLe Xuan Thang, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Photographers’ Association. “Worksby photojournalist Tai are invaluable,” he said.
Tai, a native of Ba Ria-Vung Tauprovince, joined the revolution in 1947 when he was 12 years old. He moved tothe north and was later sent to study arts and photography at Lomonosov MoscowState University in the then Soviet Union.
In 1966, he worked for theLiberation News Agency and the Vietnam News Agency. He was sent to battle andcaptured thousands of photos of the Mau Than Offensive in Spring 1968 and otherbattles in 1974.
Tai was seriously injured whileshooting photos during the war. An injury caused him to lose sight in one eye.He was honoured with the State Awards in literature and art in 2017.
The exhibition is at 122 SuongNguyet Anh Street, District 1, and closes on August 28.-VNS/VNA
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(Photo courtesy of the organiser) 
