Eddie Adams: Vietnam Special Exhibit May 21, 2010

Legendary photojournalist Eddie Adams worked for The Associated Press, Time and Parade, and he enjoyed a 45-year career that covered thirteen wars. While amassing 500 photojournalism awards, his most influential image was that of Nguyen Ngoc Loan, then national police chief of South Vietnam, firing a bullet at the head of a Vietcong prisoner standing at arm's length on a Saigon street. The 1968 Pulitzer prize was awarded to Adams for capturing this iconic image that reflected the brutality of the last century. As a working photographer, Adams' images were never exhibited, and we are proud to be the first museum to exhibit this collection of photographs to celebrate his extraordinary record of our world. This exhibit includes 50 black and white images from Vietnam, including his highly influential images of the Vietnam boat people, which were presented to Congress and subsequently influenced the government's decision to admit 200,000 South Vietnamese refugees to the United States.