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Kiera Brennan
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Composition II
October 2, 2016
Wars have always taken up such a significant amount of studying history? Logic? This
sentence reads: wars study history. I dont think this is what you mean.
Logic? Last century, when radios and televisions became a new trend for people to start
owning in their homesso by this you mean the 50s & 60s presumably, networks began to show
videos (but, video is a more contemporary medium, so you must mean film) and photographs

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taken during current wars (this construction makes it seem as though you mean wars happening

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right now). Revisit the logic of this sentence.

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The most known example of television showing gruesome war images to everyone while
theyre loved ones were being sent off to war was the Vietnam War. Awkward structure:
The best-known example of gruesome war images shown on television at a time when so
many young men were drafted and deployed was the Vietnam War.
Vietnam War took place at a time when owning a personal television was still considered
a new and exciting concept, which is why it??? became most known for broadcasting so much of
the war taking place. Revisit the logic of this sentence
The media took a large toll on how people felt about fighting in the Vietnam War since of
how???? brutal it was shown to truly be. One well-known photographer of the Vietnam War is

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Tim Page. He quickly became known for his brutal combat pictures, along with the many risks
he took. Being a journalist and/or a photographer that risks their own life for the documentation
of a war requires a lot of bravery, regardless of whether one supports war or not. Tim Page
consistently put his life on the line for these photographs of Vietnam War, so viewers could see
the brutal reality of what takes place. Good
Tim Page is an English photographer who became known through his work from the
Vietnam War--repetition. He became a self-taught photographer when he started his career as a

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press photographer for news agencies, such as TIME-LIFE, Paris Match, UPI and Associated
Press. 1 Due to a near death experience during a motorcycle accident, Page became much more
of a risk taker, therefore he was much more willing to go into war than other journalists and
photographers his age. During his time in Vietnam, Page continually got injured. He would

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attempt to help wounded soldiers by bringing them onto helicopters to get them help. He would

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also be mistaken as an enemy attacking??, so soldiers from other countries would begin to attack
where he was sheltered. He eventually became one of the most iconic photographers of the

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Vietnam War for his risky efforts and iconic work for United Press International.2 Tim Pages

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achievements during this time period captured both horrific images that eventually became

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inspiration for films based off of the Vietnam War. Add a sentence here that links this

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adventurous life he led to his attitude to photography and to this particular photo you are
analyzing.
Vietnam War was highly protested against during its time in the 1950s-1970s. Many

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soldiers were massacred, or returned home with severe PTSD or were physically disabled. The
soldiers had to (are you sure?) kill many innocent people while they were at war due to what they
were being commanded.awkward structure. Check this fact. It was difficult to discern the

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enemy from innocent civilians because there were so many Viet Cong spies. People as young as

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the age of 18 were being sent off to war without any choiceyou can condense this part of the
sentence to one word--drafted. Countries such as the United States originally entered this war to
help the Vietnamese to prevent the spread of communism, but ended up causing more harm to
the Vietnamese people than good. The condition of Vietnam was even worse after this war. Also,
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Mydans, Seth. "Combing Cambodia for Missing Friends." The New York Times. The New York Times, 18 June
2010.
"Vietnam Was Renowned Photographer Tim Page's 'ticket to Ride'" The Globe and Mail. The Globe and Mail Inc.,
05 Apr. 2015.
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because the combat was being broadcasted for everyone to watch on television, many people
realized how horrific this war was, thus wanting to end all involvement. Tim Pages photography

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further showed people the brutal reality behind the Vietnam War.
Now you need to set up your analysis here. What strategies will you be analysing to show
how Page revealed the brutal reality behind the war?
This particular photo represents a more emotional aspect of the Vietnam War. The photo
has ? a soldier in uniform, which shows the viewers that he is currently in battle. Showing

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Vietnamese villagers under great distress is able to make it evidentawkward structure that this

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is capturing a moment from Vietnam War. Hold onyou have already established this is a photo
from the Vietnam War, so there is no need to keep repeating this fact. I think Pages decision to
photograph Vietnamese villagers in distress (as you point out earlier on) illustrates his efforts to

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show the American public how messed up and horrific this war was.

Tim Page choosing to keep the frame focused on the one soldier and three villagers,
rather than a gory battle, keeps it personal and emotional rather than violent. SoI see you are

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talking about framing here. Adopt the language of an analyst. To keep the image personal and
emotional, Page utilizes the compositional strategy of framing to..
Having the soldier blending (how exactly is this accomplished?) into the background and
shadows shows the viewers that he is still not entirely connected to the scene, and that the focal

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point of this photographs is definitely the villagersgood point, poorly expressed. Tim Page is

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able to bring an artistic perspective with this photo due to the focal point, the highlights and
shadows, and zooming into the emotion behind Vietnam War without showing the violence and

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gore behind it all.

Tim Pages photographs from Vietnam War are excellentdont evaluate an image in an
analysis at capturing very personal moments with strong emotion behind them. One of his

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photosare you analysing a different photo now? shows a soldier kneeling next to a scared

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woman with two children outside on the ground. One could assume that it is a mother with her
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is holding the younger child because it is a baby. She looks like she is crying, but is very focused
on something not portrayed in the picture. The soldier is more hidden away behind leaves and is
holding a gun. The first area that grabs the viewers attention is the woman because she is
centered between the children, looks scared, and she is pointing. Next, the eyes go to the two
children because of their facial expressions, showing fear and sadness in both of them. What is
most strange about this photo is that the natives dont even seem to notice the soldier who is
directly next to them, even though he is a representation of what they are scared and hiding from,
since the soldiers are the ones doing the killing. Then, the eyes go towards the man in
camouflage on the left. The soldier doesnt stand out as easily because he is in camouflage and is
more hidden away than the others in the image. The soldier is staring at the natives, looking
taken aback and concerned for them. The photo holds a very intense, emotional scenario being
captured. War photos dont just capture gore and violence, but also focus on the personal and
deep experiences that both soldiers and natives face from combat.
This section seems very disorganised
What a viewer could assume is that the soldier is taking a moment to reflect on all the
harsh realities of this war, and how so many innocent people are dying because of what hes a
part of. Page was capturing Korean troops encountering villagers that were sheltering themselves
from an enemys helicopter.3 Tim Page captured the tone of this interaction well with how up
close and personal this shot was taken. There is an awkward tension from how the soldier is just
blantaly staring at the natives as if they werent even people, and how the natives arent even
acknowledging his presence. The camouflage could symbolize dehumanization of the soldier.
The natives are not showing any emotion towards him at all, even though he is giving them his
attention. So, he is able to blend into his surroundings and observe them without being observed
back. Having nothing else taking place in the background and only having them hidden away by
grass allows the viewers to focus in on the natives, almost as if the viewer is there with the
soldier observing the natives fear. Tim Page was able to catch a very significant interaction
between scared natives and a young soldier getting physically close to the people who was sent
to kill in war.
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The Vietnam War was blatantly brutal and seemed to have more negative effects on the
world rather than positive ones. Many people risked their lives for another countrys freedom.
Soldiers were either killed or severely affected mentally and/or physically for the rest of their
lives. Other people who risked their lives during this war were all the journalists and
photographers who went out into combat to capture this all. Tim Page, one of the most well
known photographers of Vietnam War, was always putting his life on the line to document the
tragedies, or to even try to save any dying soldiers. The photograph taken by Tim Page focused
in on a Korean soldier and the three Vietnamese villagers shows the war from a new perspective
because it shows emotions without showing any gore at all, which makes it even more attention
grabbing. Viewers can feel emotion behind both the soldier and the natives, and normally war
photographs only focus on one or the either of them. Other war photographs especially dont
have them so up close and personal, or have the natives not even paying attention to the
intimidating soldier with weapons kneeling only one foot away from them. Showing how the war
is affecting both sides can further influence people to want to end the war all together. He is able
to cover several different perspectives of war through all of his photography series. Tim Page is
arguably the most iconic press photographer of the Vietnam War, which is shown through his
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Works cited
Mydans, Seth. "Combing Cambodia for Missing Friends." The New York Times. The New York
Times, 18 June 2010
Page, Tim. "A Photojournalist Recalls the Unvarnished Truth of Vietnam."Newsweek.
Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2016.
"Vietnam Was Renowned Photographer Tim Page's 'ticket to Ride'" The Globe and Mail. The
Globe and Mail Inc., 05 Apr. 2015.