Hugh Van Es, the Dutch photographer whose photos of the 1975 fall of Saigon became one of the most lasting images of the Vietnam war passed away at 67 in Hong Kong where he lived for more than 35 years.
He is part of the generation of photographers and journalists who covered the Vietnam war. Many paid tribute to his courage, talent and personality.
He is also one of the few Western photographers that hang on to the very last moments to witness the war’s end, shown thru his lens of a helicopter rescuing people from the roof of the US Embassy in Saigon.
After the Vietnam war, he continue to cover major events across Asia, including the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the fall of Ferdinand Marcos in Phillipines.
Samantha
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