‘The Saigon Execution’. Original black-and-white press photograph of South Vietnamese police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan (1930–1998) executing Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem (1933–1968) near the An Quang Pagoda in Saigon, Vietnam, on February 1, 1968. Back with agency stamp, handwritten editing instructions in red, attached news telegram and stamped dates for newspaper publication (February 2, 1968, June 3, 1969). Oakwood frame with double glass. Visible size 17.5×25 cm. Frame size 24.5×33 cm.
Associated Press photographer Eddie Adams' Pulitzer Prize-winning depiction of the summary execution of a captain from the communist Viet Cong army on February 1, 1968 has come to stand as a monument to the Vietnam War. As early as February 2, the day after the execution took place, the photograph was published in numerous American newspapers, and in the hours that followed, it reached the rest of the world.
This is an original black-and-white silver gelatin press photograph from 1968, which appears with two minor tears in the lower and right side white edge. Furthermore, signs of handling, including a few surface pressure marks, a few surface creases as well as fine surface scratches. Telegram on back has yellowed slightly.
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