Passing of P Jones Griffiths

[FRAZEL]

On this evenings Welsh news was the item on the death of P Jones Griffiths;being a Welshman I`m ashamed to admit I hadn`t heard of him.Has anyone in TP come across any of his work(I guess he was more film era than digi !!!!)How did you rate him?

 

[chewyuk]

Famous for shooting the Vietnam War I think ?

 

[Liberalis]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Jones_Griffiths

 

[jaydee]

If you want to see some of his work go here. The emotion and atmosphere he captured is amazing. What a photographer.

http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive...ge&pid=2K7O3R149GCO&nm=Philip Jones Griffiths

 

[jaydee]

http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive...ge&pid=2K7O3R149GCO&nm=Philip Jones Griffiths

 

[dazzajl]

i have to say I'd not heard of him either but I've just looked at the shots on that weblink and boy am I glad I did.

 

[RobertP]

2 identical threads merged now.

off for a look at the links...

 

[FRAZEL]

Thanks for the info everyone.He certainly had the "gift".I wonder if I could buy it somewhere?

 

[marko400d]

He took some absolute cracking images of the vietnam war, showing the lifes of the vietnam people rather than the yankie side. very good stuff, from memory i think the book was called vietnam inc, it's really worth the effort. Also i liked him cos he was against martin parr joining magnum photos. RIP.