"The general killed the Viet Cong; I killed the general with my camera. Still photographs are the most powerful weapon in the world. People believe them, but photographs do lie, even without manipulation. They are only half-truths...What the photograph didn't say was, 'What would you do if you were the general at that time and place on that hot day, and you caught the so-called bad guy after he blew away one, two or three American soldiers?How do you know you wouldn't have pulled the trigger yourself?"
Eddie Adams, photographer
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"He was referring to this image:
*The guy on the right was shot for murdering civilians. The photographer won Pulitzer prize for he image."
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