allow President Carter to allow 200,000 South
Vietnamese refugees the right to come to the Uni-
ted States.
Born in Pennsylvania, Adams enlisted in the
U. S. Marine Corps during the Korean War. Self-
taught in photography, he began working as a
photojournalist for the Associated Press in 1961.
Assignments in the 1960s and 1970s took him to
Vietnam, Cambodia, Africa, and other interna-
tional hot spots. In the 1980s and 1990s he has
served as a special correspondent forParademaga-
zine, shooting numerous covers for that publica-
tion. Beginning in 2000, Adams embarked upon a
project to travel the world photographing im-
portant advocates of human rights. In 2002, he
published these photos, along with interviews con-
ducted by Kerry Kennedy Cuomo in a Random
House book entitledTruth to Power: Human Rights
Defenders Changing Our World.
Adams’s contribution to twentieth century pho-
tography also includes his work at Barnstorm: the
Eddie Adams Workshop, a tuition-free training
camp he started in Jefferson, New York in 1988.
Intended for ambitious student photographers
interested in a hands-on opportunity to work with
leaders in their field, the workshop has become
very prestigious and is notoriously difficult to get
into. Its importance in training a new generation of
photojournalists will be seen as the twenty-first
century unfolds.
HANNAHFELDMANSeealso:War Photography
Biography
Born in Pennsylvania. Enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps
during Korean War; began working as a photojour-
nalist for the Associated Press in 1961 and as a Special
Correspondent for the AP in 1976. Has also worked for
Time, thePhiladelphia Bulletin, and as a Special Corre-
spondent forParade; has published photographs in
dozens of other international publications including
Vogue,Life, andParis Match.Established Barnstorm:
The Eddie Adams Workshop in 1988. Published first
collection of photographs: Truth to Power: Human
Rights Defenders Changing Our Worldwith Kerry Ken-
nedy Cuomo in 2002. Pulitzer Prize, 1969. National
Press Photographer Association’s (NPPA) Magazine
Photographer of the Year, University of Missouri,- Joseph Sprague Award, 1976. Recipient of hun-
dreds of other awards including the Sigma Delta Chi
Distinguished Service Award (three times) and the
George Polk Memorial Award.
Selected Works
Saigon, Vietnam, 1968
Coal Miner with Burro, 1970s
Boat of No Smiles, 1977
Fidel Castro, 1980s
Beirut, 1991
Abubacar Sultan of Mozambique, 2001
Truth to Power, 2002Further Reading
Browning, Michael. ‘‘War Photos that Changed History.’’
Palm Beach Post(12 May 2004).
NikonNet Lens Behind the Lens. ‘‘Eddie Adams: Connect-
ing to the Collective Soul.’’ http://home1.nikonnet.com/
nikoncentre/photojournalism/photojournalism-adam.
html. (Accessed July 17, 2005).
Pauser, Eric, dir.466 Ly To Thai Street. Ikon Films, Swe-
den, date unknown.
Sontag, Susan.Regarding the Pain of Others, New York:
Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2003.Eddie Adams, Vietcong Arrested, 1968/print 1988, gelatin
silver print, 19.023.8 cm, Gift of The Associated Press.
[Photograph courtesy of George Eastman House,#The
Associated Press, Eddie Adams]ADAMS, EDDIE