The Buna shots : the amazing story behind two photographs that changed the course of World War Two / Stephen Dando Collins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dando-Collins, Stephen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Silk, George, 1916-2004.

Silk, George.

Strock, George.

War photography--History--20th century.

War photography.

War photography--Papua New Guinea--Oro Province.

World War, 1939-1945--Photography.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Papua New Guinea--Pictorial works.

Photography--Social aspects.

Photography.

Photography--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

xi, 267 pages : illustrations : 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

North Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Press, 2024.

Summary:

Christmas Day,1942: Kiwi combat photographer George Silk snaps a blinded Digger being helped along a track near Buna in New Guinea by a Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel--creating the war's most iconic Australian image. Days later, American LIFE maga­zine photographer George Strock snaps three dead Americans on Buna Beach. In 2014, Time magazine would describe his shot as 'the photograph that won the war'. This extraordinary book explains why. When the Australian Government banned Silk's shot, Strock smuggled it to LIFE in New York, who published it. Silk was fired and accused of treason. Best friend and fellow snapper Damien Parer resigned in protest. Strock had to go all the way to US President Franklin D Roosevelt to get his own dramatic shot published, and change history. A gripping story of two arresting photographs, two courageous photographers, and the quest for truth in war, by internationally renowned, multi-award-winning Austra­lian author Stephen Dando-Collins.

ISBN:

9781923267008

1923267000

9781923267060

192326706X

OCLC:

1481652771