this may be old news to some of you, but I hadn't seen it reported until I received my RPS magazine a few days ago. Philip Jones Griffiths died on 19th March, of cancer. He was one of the leading photographers of the Vietnam war, and a former president of Magnum. His photos of Vietnam were highly influential in the look of the film Apocalypse Now! to the extent that Magnum tried to get Copolla to pay royalties for ripping them off. When I heard Griffiths tell the story he said Copolla replied with the classic Hollywood phrase 'Sue me!'. Magnum didn't have the resources though.
I met him at a talk and a book signing just after the 2nd edition of Vietnam, Inc. was published. I have a rare and valuable first edition, which he was kind enough to sign for me. He said afterwards "I've just doubled the value of that". He told me that even he no longer had a 1st edition. I was too slow on the uptake - afterwards I realised I should have given him mine. http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.Biography_ VPage&AID=2K7O3R13NZ_T http://tinyurl.com/4zltv9 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/20/arts/design/20griffiths.html Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
