I read the story of the war-photographer Catherine Leroy and got impressed. She was a passionate photojournalist who decided to direct her life towards that ideal and left school at the age of 21 and went to the Vietnam War with a one-way-ticket. She documented the scenes of the war for years and had been called as "the photographer makes men jelaous", won numerous awards including the "Robert Capa Gold Medal". She was also the first woman who won that award. By the way, Robert Capa is the famous war-photographer, who is also the artist of the photograph "Death of a Loyalist Militiaman, Cerro Muriano, Córdoba front, Spain." (The war photograph which we had discussed in the class).
Leroy then directed a film called "Operation Last Patrol.", which is about the Vietnam War. She died in 2006 and I think she lived a very meaningful life, which is full of effort of making people aware of something.
The photograph above is one of her most famous photographs, Corpsman in Anguish.
Thanks for sharing this! I hadn't heard of her, and there are very few women photojournalists.
ReplyDeleteyou have pointed an important issue. It's weird for a woman to take war photos i am impressed. i look forward to read your next blog.
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