Quickwrite #4:
Carefully look/examine/gaze/survey/investigate/research the photos below and answer the question that follows.
Vietnam War Through Images
https://cherrieswriter.wordpress.com/2015/08/03/the-story-behind-the-famous-saigon-execution-photo/
http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/soldier-war-is-hell-vietnam-1965/
http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/the-burning-monk-1963/
http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/operation-rolling-thunder
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/22/world/kim-phuc-where-is-she-now/
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/vietnam-war-photos-still-powerful-nearly-50-years-later-f8C11404994
http://europe.newsweek.com/last-helicopter-evacuating-saigon-321254?rm=eu
This is a small collection of the Vietnam War's most iconic photos.
- How did these photos make you feel?
- What effect do you think these photos had on the general public?
- Was this the original intention of the photographer?
- What affect do you think photography had on the Vietnam War and the Cold War policy if any? Why?