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Some of these photos are probably staged: https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/44dwib/astonishing_photo_of_vietnam_war_from_the_other/ https://www.re

Some of these photos are probably staged: https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/44dwib/astonishing_photo_of_vietnam_war_from_the_other/ https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/44dwib/aston...

arethuza 11y ago
That wouldn't surprise me at all - a lot of wartime photos are "staged" or "recreated": http://militaryhistorynow.com/2015/09/25/famous-fakes-10-celebrated-wartime-photos-that-were-staged-edited-or-fabricated/ http://militaryhistorynow.com/2015/09/25/famous-fakes-10-cel... The article even says "this wasn't staged" - making the question of authenticity very obvious. Still, even if some of these were staged it's still a fascinating set of pictures.
reledi 11y ago
Maybe, but at the moment that reddit thread doesn't provide any convincing evidence.
- Ono-Sendai 11y ago
  There's no firm evidence that they are staged, agreed. However if you spend enough time looking at combat photos and videos, you get a good feel for what kind of situations are captured during combat. This situation is just too perfect (too well composed), and at too close range.
  - sangnoir 11y ago
    > However if you spend enough time looking at combat photos and videos, you get a good feel for what kind of situations are captured during combat I strongly disagree with this armchair analysis, 'gut feel' isn't good enough! Some photos happen serendipitously (not sure if that's the correct word for combat photographs). I'll be damned if the Saigon Execution[1] or the burning monk[2] were staged - yet the framing and timing could not have been any better. 1. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XwjZTVlnghk/U3Jv5jqOpBI/AAAAAAAAJFM/Mf6WVCThdZM/s1600/Saigon+Execution+Murder+of+a+Vietcong+by+Saigon+Police+Chief,+1968.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XwjZTVlnghk/U3Jv5jqOpBI/AAAAAAAAJF... 2. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ul72G5EX-Pc/VYjrTroozbI/AAAAAAAAJ54/b-fLE0bNd9Q/s1600/The%2Bburning%2Bmonk%252C%2B1963%2B%25281%2529.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ul72G5EX-Pc/VYjrTroozbI/AAAAAAAAJ5...
    - Ono-Sendai 11y ago
      Those are striking photos of course. But neither are combat situations.

arethuza 11y ago

That wouldn't surprise me at all - a lot of wartime photos are "staged" or "recreated": http://militaryhistorynow.com/2015/09/25/famous-fakes-10-celebrated-wartime-photos-that-were-staged-edited-or-fabricated/ http://militaryhistorynow.com/2015/09/25/famous-fakes-10-cel... The article even says "this wasn't staged" - making the question of authenticity very obvious. Still, even if some of these were staged it's still a fascinating set of pictures.

reledi 11y ago

Maybe, but at the moment that reddit thread doesn't provide any convincing evidence.

Ono-Sendai 11y ago
There's no firm evidence that they are staged, agreed. However if you spend enough time looking at combat photos and videos, you get a good feel for what kind of situations are captured during combat. This situation is just too perfect (too well composed), and at too close range.
- sangnoir 11y ago
  > However if you spend enough time looking at combat photos and videos, you get a good feel for what kind of situations are captured during combat I strongly disagree with this armchair analysis, 'gut feel' isn't good enough! Some photos happen serendipitously (not sure if that's the correct word for combat photographs). I'll be damned if the Saigon Execution[1] or the burning monk[2] were staged - yet the framing and timing could not have been any better. 1. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XwjZTVlnghk/U3Jv5jqOpBI/AAAAAAAAJFM/Mf6WVCThdZM/s1600/Saigon+Execution+Murder+of+a+Vietcong+by+Saigon+Police+Chief,+1968.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XwjZTVlnghk/U3Jv5jqOpBI/AAAAAAAAJF... 2. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ul72G5EX-Pc/VYjrTroozbI/AAAAAAAAJ54/b-fLE0bNd9Q/s1600/The%2Bburning%2Bmonk%252C%2B1963%2B%25281%2529.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ul72G5EX-Pc/VYjrTroozbI/AAAAAAAAJ5...
  - Ono-Sendai 11y ago
    Those are striking photos of course. But neither are combat situations.