Griffiths, Philip Jones

Griffiths, Philip Jones
▪ 2009

      Welsh photojournalist

born Feb. 18, 1936, Rhuddlan, Wales

died March 19, 2008, London, Eng.
gained international recognition for his 1971 book Vietnam, Inc., in which he used powerful images of wounded civilians and destroyed villages to challenge attitudes toward American involvement in the Vietnam War. Although Griffiths trained at Liverpool University to become a pharmacist, he worked as a freelance photographer from 1961. He first joined Magnum Photos, the co-op for freelance photographers, in 1966, became a full member in 1971, and served as president during 1980–85. Griffiths's work took him to more than 120 countries, including conflicts in Algeria, Bosnia, Cambodia, Iraq, Israel, and Northern Ireland. His later books include Dark Odyssey (1996) and Vietnam at Peace (2005).

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