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Subject: Re: [OM] OM Philip jones Griffiths
From: Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 09:27:35 -0400
I get my health care though the Veterans Administration in part because of
Agent Orange.

--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal


On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 8:14 PM, JOHN DUGGAN <john.duggan10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi all,        Probably of more interest to our UK based members. Earlier
> this week I visited The National Library of Wales - Aberystwyth to see a
> retrospective exhibition of some of the photographs of Philip Jones
> Griffiths. The library has been gifted his photographic archive along with
> personal items and many if not all of his cameras.The original photographs
> on show are largely themed around one of his books "Vietnam Inc." This
> exhibition is well worth a visit and really makes you think about the
> futility and human cost of the Vietnam war. I have just ordered Vietnam inc.
> Another of his publications  "Agent Orange" illustrates the after effect
> of this defoliant on humans.. It contains some truly horrific images of
> deformities produced by Agent Orange. One shot shows a line of laboratory
> jars, each containing a deformed foetus! Very disturbing viewing. I am glad
> I had the opportunity to look through the photos in this book - but they
> really moved me to tears. A Very thought provoking publication.
> Olympus content. Among his cameras, including  Leicas, Contax, Nikon,
> Medium format, and Panoramic, was a collection of OM 2N's OM4Ti, 3's and a
> letter from Olympus complaining that he had not sent them any slides for
> advertising purposes! Regards John Duggan, Wales, UK
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