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Larry Burrows

(London, England, 1926 - 1971, Langvie, South Vietnam)

An Ammunition Airlift into Besieged Khe Sanh

1968 (printed 1985)

Dye transfer print

11 5/8 x 17 7/8 in. (29.5 x 45.5 cm)

Collection of the Akron Art Museum

Gift of Carolyn and Norman Carr

1995.11

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Burrows worked as a freelance photographer for Life magazine's London bureau, but he is best known for his work as a combat photographer in Vietnam. Fascinated by advances in photographic technology, Burrows carried many newly-invented types of lenses and filters into battle and experimented with different kinds of film. This enabled him to capture here the dusty haze surrounding the soldiers as well as the vivid, jewel-like colors of the flag and foliage. Burrows died when his helicopter was shot down along the border between Vietnam and Laos.

Keywords
British
Vietnam War
Military personnel
Photography