Edward Thomas Adams, born on June 12, 1933 and died on September 19, 2004, was an American photographer and photojournalist noted for portraits of celebrities and politicians and for his coverage of 13 wars. He is best known for his photograph of the execution of Nguyen Van Lem, a Viet Cong prisoner of war, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography in 1969. Adams was a longtime resident of Bogota, New Jersey, and his best-known image remains one of the defining photographs of the Vietnam War.
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Edward Thomas Adams (June 12, 1933, September 19, 2004) was an American photographer and photojournalist noted for portraits of celebrities and politicians and for coverage of 13 wars.
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Saigon Execution is a 1968 photograph by Associated Press photojournalist Eddie Adams, taken during the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War.
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