An Unlikely Weapon - História de Eddie Adams
"IN 1968, IN 1/500TH OF A SECOND EDDIE ADAMS PHOTOGRAPHED A SAIGON POLICE CHIEF, GENERAL NGUYEN NYCON LOAN, SHOOTING A VIETCONG GUERILLA POINT BLANK. SOME SAY THAT PHOTOGRAH ENDED THE VIETNAM WAR. THE PHOTO BROUGHT EDDIE FAME ABD A PULITZER, BUT EDDIE WAS HAUNTED BY THE MAN HE VILIFIED. HE WOULD SAY'TWO LIVES WERE DESTROYED THAT DAY, THE VICTIM'S AND THE GENERAL'S. OTHERS WOULD SAY THERE LIVES WERE DESTROYED.
EDDIE ADAMS, LIKE MOST ARTISTS, WAS TORTURED BY HIS NEED FOR PERFECTION. NOTHING HE DID EVER SATISFIED HIM. HE CARVED OUT MANY CARRERS SHOOTING COVERS GOR LIFE, TIME, AND EVEN PENTHOUSE. YES SOMEHOW, HE WAS ALWAYS PULLED BACK INTO DOCUMENTING WARS, 13 ALL TOGETHER. FINALLY HE HIT THE WALL AND COULDN´T TAKE IT ANYMORE. HE BEGAN SHOOTING CELEBRITIES BECAUSE 'IT DOESN'T TAKE ANYTHING FROM YOU'. EDDIE WAS COMFORTABLE WITH KINGS AND COAL MINERS. DURING HIS TIME WITH PARADE MAGAZINE HE PHOTOGRAPHED CLINT EASTWOOD, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, MOTHER THERSA, AND POPE JOHN PAULL II.
STILL HAUNTED BY GENERAL LOAN (THE PERPETRAT IN HIS PHOTO), EDDIE VISITS HIM 30 YEARS LATER IN PIZZA SHOP IN VIRGINIA. SCRIBBLED ON THE WALL OF A BATHROOM STALL ARE THE WORDS 'WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE, YOU FUCKER!'
EDDIE'S CAMERA WAS HIS MOST POWERFUL WEAPON, BUT IT FAILED TO PROTECT HIM FROM HIMSELF."
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