Lâm Tấn Tài
Lâm Tấn Tài (1935 - 2001) was a documentary photographer during the Vietnam War.
Lâm Tấn Tài
- Born
- 1935 · Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu.
- Died
- 2001
- Occupation
- photographer
- Education
- Lomonosov Moscow State University
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Lâm Tấn Tài (1935 - 2001) was a documentary photographer during the Vietnam War.
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Lâm Tấn Tài (1935–2001) was a photographer. The photographer was born in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu. Lâm Tấn Tài studied at Lomonosov Moscow State University.
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Early life
Early life
Lâm was born in the Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province and moved to the North in 1946 to join the revolution.
Career
Career
After studying photography at the Lomonosov Moscow State University and Archaeology in Hanoi University, Lâm was drafted and sent south to photograph the Ho Chi Minh trail in 1965. Lâm notably also photographed the Cu Chi tunnels and the Tet Offensive, where he was blinded by M-79 grenade. Lâm critiques the wartime photography (or Ảnh Chiến Tranh) during this era as "having missed its golden moment" by glossing over the violence of the conflict to record beautiful sights and subjects." Lâm was appointed the first general chairman of the Việt Nam Photographers Association.
Death
Death
Lâm died of cancer of the tongue in 2001.
Technique
Lâm used a small East German-made camera, that he purchased while studying in Moscow. He would develop his film at night, using any nearby stream to wash his negatives and prints.
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- 1.Vietnamese News Agency. Exhibition of anti-American war photos by the late Lâm Tấn Tài. 22 August 2018.
- 2.Page, Tim. Another Vietnam: Pictures of the War from the Otherside. National Geographic. 128. 2002. 978-0792264651.
- 3.Hien, Nina. The Good, the Bad, and the Not Beautiful: In the Street and on the Ground in Vietnam. Local Culture/Global Photography. 3. 2. Spring 2013.
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