Photo exhibition on AO opens in HCM City
A total of 47 large, black-and-white documentary photos on effects of
Agent Orange in Vietnam are on display at the War Remnants Museum in Ho
Chi Minh City.
A total of 47 large, black-and-white documentary photos on effects of
Agent Orange in Vietnam are on display at the War Remnants Museum in Ho
Chi Minh City.
The photos taken by English photographer Philip Jones Griffiths (1936-2008) depict AO victims and of their sufferings from the toxic chemical that was sprayed by the US troops during the war in Vietnam .
The exhibition helps visitors learn more about the live of the AO victims and how they survive and strive to take part in the community.
Griffiths arrived in Vietnam in 1966 as a war reporter. He published two books on the Agent Orange and Vietnam in peace, helping the public better understand the post-war heavy aftermaths in the Southeast Asian country.
At the opening ceremony on Nov. 22, his widow Katherine Holden and representatives from the Philip Jones Griffiths foundation handed over all the photo collection to the museum.
The exhibition, which is held on the occasion of the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23), will last till January 10, 2011./.
The photos taken by English photographer Philip Jones Griffiths (1936-2008) depict AO victims and of their sufferings from the toxic chemical that was sprayed by the US troops during the war in Vietnam .
The exhibition helps visitors learn more about the live of the AO victims and how they survive and strive to take part in the community.
Griffiths arrived in Vietnam in 1966 as a war reporter. He published two books on the Agent Orange and Vietnam in peace, helping the public better understand the post-war heavy aftermaths in the Southeast Asian country.
At the opening ceremony on Nov. 22, his widow Katherine Holden and representatives from the Philip Jones Griffiths foundation handed over all the photo collection to the museum.
The exhibition, which is held on the occasion of the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23), will last till January 10, 2011./.
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