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At 21, Catherine Leroy saved up to buy a Leica and a one-way ticket to Saigon—and became one of the most celebrated and fearless photojournalists of the Vietnam War.
newyorker.com
What Catherine Leroy’s Fearless Photographs Reveal About the Vietnam War
Fifty years after its horrors, we know that the press helped to turn public opinion against the conflict. That’s because war is hell, and hell is photogenic.