Pictures+1

Prince John Kevin

**Photographer:** Malcolm Browne

Thích Quảng Đức, A Buddhist monk, is seen protesting against the persecution of Buddhists in the South Vietnam administration. He got out of his vehicle in the middle of Saigon along with three other monks and he then proceeded to douse himself in five gallons of gasoline. He then displayed his hatred and protest for the Vietnam War. .

Thích Quảng Đức stayed sitting upright for ten minutes, not uttering a sound or moving a muscle. After ten long minutes, his lifeless, charred body toppled over. I thought this was amazing because it showed how strong he was and how much passion he had to stop the war.

Photographer Malcolm Browne won the 1963 World Press Photo of the Year award and the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photograph of the monks death. Onlooker, David Halberstam, also won the Pulitzer prize for his heart wrenching written account.

This picture represents the culture of the time by showing the horrible effects of war and how desperately the Buddhist monks wanted change. Malcolm Browne's photograph was televised all around the world and really brought the war home. "Ho Chi Minh City." Wikipedia. N.p., 30 Sept. 2009. Web. 1 Oct. 2009. .

http://img5.travelblog.org/Photos/61347/360979/f/3306829-Burning-monk-0.jpg

http://pedrowatcher.freedomblogging.com/files/2009/07/eddieadamsvietblog.jpg

This is the most famous picture during the time of the Vietnam war. It is a picture of General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a Vietcon Guerilla point black. There are so many things wrong with the concept of this picture. First, this is done in public and it is executed in such a manner where he takes a person life for granite. Secondly he is executing him in front of the NBC cameraman and an Associated Press photographer. This shocking act of cruelty is exposed to the families in America and was the turning point in the views of the war. This photo was on the front pages of every newspaper around the world and changed the views of the war all over the world. The Vietnam War was thought as an act of savagery and a gratuitous war. This photo won the Pulitzer prize but the photographer regrets it because he made people percieve hiim as such a bad man.

Thomas, Robert McG. "Nguyen Ngoc Loan, 67, Dies; Executed Viet Cong Prisoner." Editorial. New York Times. N.p., 16 July 1998. Web. 1 Oct. 2009. .