Lot 70: Photographs: Jones-Griffiths, Philip 1936

Photographs: Jones-Griffiths, Philip
1936 Rhuddlan, Wales - 2008 London
"Saigon under attack".
1968. Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 24,6 x 16,4cm. Verso titled in blue bell pen and
marked with stamps of agency, copyright and collection. Additionally with the former
mounted label (enclosed): "12 years old Hoang crying over the death of his sister, Tuyet,
who was killed a few minutes before by helicopter rocket fire. She was only 15 years old!
Her body is being taken away by the Saigon Fire Department Body Disposal Team, but the boy
refuses to leave her.".
Image corners minimally bumped.
Provenance: David and Tessa Winter Collection, Amsterdam.