Vietnam

Question 1

Vietnam war

Answer 1

involved 4 US presidents
begins w JFK in 1961 and lasts until 1975
by the end of 1967 there were 463,000 troops in Vietnam
1970 it expanded into Cambodia
anti-war movement on the Home Font
4 killed during the Kent State protest

Question 2

Larry Burrows, Battling for Ph Tasuos, Cambodia

Answer 2

May, 1970
colour photography
pro-American
journalists allowed free reign and could photograph from the front line

Question 3

Larry Burrows, Reaching Out, Mutter Ridge, Nui Cay Tri

Answer 3

1966

could also capture the complexities of war from behind the front line

Question 4

Philip Jones Griffiths, Quang Ngai, Vietnam

Answer 4

1967
anti-war
mother and child with an American soldier looking on predatorially.
killed moments later

Question 5

Quach Phong, Fighter with Daughter and Son

Answer 5

1965
trained by the French
v close to the fighting
capture resilience and everyday life

Question 6

Nancy Spero, Bomb

Answer 6

1966

gouache, personify weaponry, counteract technical terminology

Question 7

Martha Rosler, Bringing the War Home from House Beautiful

Answer 7

1967-72
mix middle class homes and war
links to Erro’s American Interior series

Question 8

Yvonne Rainer, Trio A (The Mind is a Muscle, Part 1)

Answer 8

1966

how we react to TV war, trapped

Question 9

Art Workers Coalition, Q And Babies? A And Babies.

Answer 9

1970
interview w officer
in front of Guernica.

Question 10

Grove online

Answer 10

‘struggle photography’