An exhibition named “Vietnam: The real war” featuring around 50 photos captured by Associated Press (AP) journalists during the Vietnam War opened on June 12 at The Exhibition Hall, 45 Trang Tien St., Hanoi.
For the first time, this collection of 50 photos is exhibited in Vietnam, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the normalization of the relation between the United States and Vietnam.
AP won six Pulitzer Prizes for its Vietnam coverage, including four for photography. All four are on display among prize-winning works by more than 20 photographers, whose images are part of the news cooperative's archive with tens of thousands of wartime photographs.
The images displayed come from AP’s recent book, “Vietnam: The real War: A Photographic History by the Associated Press”.
"AP presented these images of what was really going on in the war. It was through that lens that people around the world gained a better understanding of the conflict," said Gary Pruitt, AP's president and CEO.
The exhibit will run through June 26, 2015. Admission is free.
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