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Vietnam
at Peace and Agent Orange
Product ID: 189816-1
Format: Speech
Event Date: September 9, 2005
Location: New York, New York
Last Aired: November 25, 2005
Length: 1 hour, 12 minutes
Sponsors:
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Appearances:
Griffiths, Philip Jones - Photographer
Summary:
Philip Jones Griffiths talked about the photographs he has
taken in Vietnam since the end of the war. Mr. Griffiths, who
covered the war for the Magnum Photos, discussed his many trips
to Vietnam. Using a PowerPoint presentation on an Apple Macintosh
notebook, he showed dozens of photos from his books Vietnam at
Peace and Agent Orange: Collateral Damage in Vietnam, both published
by Trolley Press. Following his presentation, Mr. Griffiths responded
to questions and comments from members of the audience.
American-authored
books about Viet Nam introduced
11/26/2005 -- 22:21(GMT+7)
Washington,
Nov. 26 (VNA) - C-Span, a US public TV channel, on Nov. 25
evening carried a segment presenting two books written by Philip
Jones Griffiths, a famous American journalist and photographer,
about Viet Nam and the consequences of Agent Orange/Dioxin in
the war-torn country.
In these photo-illustrated books, Griffiths, who has visited
Viet Nam 25 times since the Viet Nam war ended, animatedly outlined
Viet Nam's land and people in the post-war period and described
the suffering of Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin.
He has launched a website, www.agentorangevietnam.net,
to not only introduce these books but also call upon American
readers and others across the world to provide assistance for
the Vietnamese AO victims. Griffiths was the first Western person
who traveled overland from Ha Noi to Ho Chi Minh City after the
US war in Viet Nam. He also traveled along the historic Ho Chi
Minh trail to photograph the war-torn country, which has changed
rapidly in the years since the war, making great strides in national
construction and development.
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