ARMED WITH A CAMERA April 25 - June 27 Monroe Gallery of Photography is honored to announce a major retrospective exhibition of photographs by the renowned photographer Eddie Adams. The exhibition opens with a public reception with Adam's widow, Alyssa Adams, on Friday, April 25 from 5 - 7 PM. "Armed With A Camera" will continue through June 27. Street execution of a Viet Cong prisoner, Saigon, 1968 The exhibition of more than 65 photographs spans the entire range of Adams' legendary career, and includes rare vintage work prints from the personal studio collection of Eddie Adams. This year marks with the 40th anniversary of Adam's iconic "Street Execution of a Vietcong prisoner", taken in 1968 in Saigon during the height of the Vietnam War. The shocking photograph, of the Chief of Police shooting a member of the Vietcong in the head, instantly appeared in newspapers and magazines world-wide and has been widely credited with turning American popular sentiment against the Vietnam War. The exhibition also coincides with the publication in September of "Eddie Adams: Vietnam" by Umbrage Editions, with never-before seen photographs, field diaries, and memoirs with an essay by Hal Buell, Associated Press Bureau Chief, and other notable contributors. One of the most honored and most published photographers of our time, Eddie Adams was also one of the most versatile. Eddie Adams passed away on September 19, 2004. His legacy continues in the annual photojournalism workshop, Barnstorm: The Eddie Adams Workshop, which he created in 1988, and is still running strong today. This exhibition is the first time a comprehensive collection of his photographs have been exhibited and available to collectors. Untouchable children, India, 1978 Starvation, Haiti, 1976 Brother and Sister, Cambodia, 1979 Amazon Children, 1978 Haitian Children, 1976 Mother Teresa cradling an armless baby orphan at her order's orphanage in Calcutta, India, 1978 Mother Teresa, India,1978 Woman in India,1978 "Boat of No Smiles", 1977 Boat of no smiles, Vietnamese Refugees, Gulf of Siam, Thanksgiving Day,1977 Haitian Women waiting for food, 1976 Haitian Women waiting for food, 1976 Kek Galabru, Cambodia,1999 Marine Crossfire, Vietnam,1965 Dead Vietcong, Saigon, 1968 Prisoner being escorted, Saigon,1968 Street execution of a Viet Cong prisoner, Saigon, 1968 General holstering gun after execution, Saigon,1968 Black Soldier U.S. 1st Cavalry, Vietnam, 1966 Israeli Soldier, 1970 Coal Miner, West Virginia, 1969 Untouchable Man, India, 1978 Shepherd, Bethlehem, 1970 Anwar Sadat, 1978 Louis Armstrong ,Las Vegas, 1970 Malcolm X, New York, 1964 Arthur Rubenstein, New York, 1966 Gordon Parks, 1994 Muhammad Ali At John F. Kennedy's funeral, Jacqueline Kennedy held the flag that had covered her husband's coffin. Jimmy Durante, 1965 Louis Armstrong, Las Vegas, 1970 Arnold Schwarzenegger, Los Angeles, 2003 Bill Cosby, NYC, 2003 flower Hill and Gully Riders, New Kensington, PA, 1958 Statue of Liberty Apartment Building, New York, July 4, 1976 Workers at the World Trade Center construction, 1973 World Trade Center construction, 1973 John F. Kennedy lies in State, The Rotunda, U.S. Capitol Building, 1963 President Ronald Reagan, The White House, 1983 President Ronald Reagan, The White House, 1981 Clint Eastwood,"The Unforgiven", 1991 Clint Eastwood, "The Unforgiven", Los Angeles, 1991 Bette Davis, 1983 Aung San Suu Kyi, Cambodia, 2003 Fidel Castro, Havana, 1984 Castro, Havana, 1984 Castro, Havana, 1984 Anwar Sadat, 1978 Ray Charles, 2002 Jerry Lewis, Las Vegas, 1984 Chinese Soldiers, Peking, 1975 Blue Mosque, Turkey, 1975 Click here to view our archived Gallery Showcase
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