tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post8098507920939356243..comments2023-12-29T19:25:59.927-05:00Comments on We're Just Sayin: Closing the CircleIris&Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08131960635510843593noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-49149963737432164622010-06-04T13:31:20.481-04:002010-06-04T13:31:20.481-04:00Hello I want to congratulate to them by its site o...Hello I want to congratulate to them by its site of the Web of the excellent looks like entertained and very good very to me it elaborated. I invite them to that they explore a little on my Web site. Lots in Costa Rica <br /><a href="http://www.lots-in-costarica.com/" title="Costa Rica Cheap Land for Sale" rel="nofollow">Costa Rica Cheap Land for Sale </a>Lots in Costa Ricahttp://www.lots-in-costarica.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-55241856868870697432009-12-14T08:30:16.008-05:002009-12-14T08:30:16.008-05:00Nice post as for me. 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We are planning our first visit to Vietnam this fall.Vernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704679612138092358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-48208281135293481122009-03-20T12:42:00.000-04:002009-03-20T12:42:00.000-04:00One of the most meaningful, well written and movin...One of the most meaningful, well written and moving posts I've ever read. Bravo and thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-73373872116968455412009-03-15T03:35:00.000-04:002009-03-15T03:35:00.000-04:00What's amazing about Kim is the fact that she live...What's amazing about Kim is the fact that she lived, grew into a beautiful and thoughtful woman, moved to Canada, and was found by a friend of the photographer who caught her in peril, in the deadliest moments of her life, a second in time in which she could have ceased to exist; that her life went on, blossomed, and had meaning beyond (far beyond) that wonderful and harrowing photograph so long ago; and that her face now radiates such beauty. What's not captured in these photos, is somehow captured, somehow not. Is, I'm just sayin', the beauty, even though horrific; the life, even though hanging by a naked thread....thanks for capturing both ends of that. There's a photographic string-theory there somewhere, of a fifth and other dimensions captured in an image. Is poetry.<BR/>SparkyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-75879584529539043712009-03-12T17:43:00.000-04:002009-03-12T17:43:00.000-04:00David, This is a masterpiece! The Ayatollah Khomei...David, This is a masterpiece! The Ayatollah Khomeini image is still a classic.<BR/><BR/>cheers,<BR/><BR/>Granville Withersbdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07190255420759818825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-67033402675892571362009-03-11T04:16:00.000-04:002009-03-11T04:16:00.000-04:00Sometime you have to be like a turtle to make it h...Sometime you have to be like a turtle to make it happen, you have to stick your neck out. Nice work, Real work.<BR/><BR/>www.allanjohnston.co.nzAllan johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00504713388715122887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-15403649658017058672009-03-11T03:31:00.000-04:002009-03-11T03:31:00.000-04:00David, great that you talked about this. Sometimes...David, great that you talked about this. Sometimes our profession has a little too much bravado and faux empathy. It was real and you got into some areas rarely discussed. DButowLynxViewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12889141393869944791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-12149779325659816042009-03-11T03:28:00.000-04:002009-03-11T03:28:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.LynxViewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12889141393869944791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-61655117843801157712009-03-10T18:29:00.000-04:002009-03-10T18:29:00.000-04:00You may have been "everywhere for a minute", but i...You may have been "everywhere for a minute", but it was the RIGHT minute. Isn't that what news photography is all about?<BR/><BR/>I am in awe (as I have frequently been -- an easier position to be in when I was younger) that you were THERE, THEN.<BR/><BR/>And your awareness of its place in the flow of history, and awareness of the priorities Nick Ut showed (and I have no doubt you have shown), demonstrates more than enough. No need to fear a lack of history...BKYounghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04618787756218415798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-45976061707046080532009-03-10T12:32:00.000-04:002009-03-10T12:32:00.000-04:00Thanks for the thoughtful comments: I remember my ...Thanks for the thoughtful comments: I remember my sophomore year of college, standing on the sidelines of that football powerhouse, Colorado College, watching my fraternity brother, Cy Dyer, run 40 yards for a touchdown. I was shooting on the sidelines with my 400 Tele-Meyer and a Spotmatic Pentax, but mostly I was jumping up and down, and yelling and cheering. Stan Payne, the sour-faced old pro shooting for the Gazette-Telegraph (with three Leica M bodies!) looked at me with disdain and said "You need to learn to be more dispassionate." Coming as it did from a sour puss, I wasn't sure it was an opinion I needed to heed. But as years have passed, I think I have tried to figure out how to walk that fine line between over-excitement and restrained enthusiasm. It is part of that difficult dance. Nick Ut hesitated for not a second: he made his picture, and then sheparded the children to his car, dropped them at the hospital on the way to the AP, and reminded the doctors not to practice "triage": that they should be sure and care for these children. But sometimes that can be a tough dance, indeed. But, at the very least, you need to keep your feet moving. David BIris&Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08131960635510843593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-27593387433608225232009-03-10T12:20:00.000-04:002009-03-10T12:20:00.000-04:00When God wrote SURVIVOR he was thinking of Kim Phu...When God wrote SURVIVOR he was thinking of Kim Phuc.<BR/><BR/>Beautiful images and beautiful writing. Again Burnett you nailed. <BR/><BR/>Glad that you, Nick and Kim were able to hang out in a cheerful and peaceful moment after so many yrs without the sounds of machine guns and military airplanes dropping WMD.<BR/><BR/>TO all those young photographers, this is what photography is all about. Forget Hollywood and who is the most beautiful actor/singer at the moment and instead study Burnett's work and you will learn plenty of things. <BR/><BR/>Manuello Paganelli<BR/>www.ManuelloPaganelli.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14789369440369609447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-53259610902472016722009-03-10T11:36:00.000-04:002009-03-10T11:36:00.000-04:00Thank you very much for sharing your memories abou...Thank you very much for sharing your memories about those days and the iconic photographs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-25395456943409286022009-03-10T09:52:00.000-04:002009-03-10T09:52:00.000-04:00Really beautiful story. Having been born in 1970, ...Really beautiful story. Having been born in 1970, I was somehow spared the immediate horror of the Vietnam war, but of course that photo is etched forever in my mind. <BR/><BR/>I'm close to tears at seeing the photo of your reunion with Kim Phuc and Nick Ut. <BR/><BR/>Fascinating to hear a fellow photographers perspective on that tragic day.<BR/><BR/>We are observers, yes, but we are also human. Difficult dance, isn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-30299749618812184572009-03-09T19:23:00.000-04:002009-03-09T19:23:00.000-04:00David, terrific piece!!and what you said: "Sometim...David, terrific piece!!<BR/><BR/>and what you said: "Sometimes I wish I’d actually had a little more historic view of our times. A way of putting my pictures into some kind of long-term flow, or context." is something I'vde been feeling for years. I just don't have that historic reality.<BR/><BR/>best<BR/><BR/>Bob Peterson - Seattlebobpethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17887392449121841090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-89356556181314359422009-03-09T00:50:00.000-04:002009-03-09T00:50:00.000-04:00Your account of this harrowing period in VietNam w...Your account of this harrowing period in VietNam was dramatic, poignant, powerfully moving. I remember the specific photo of the young Vietnamese girl when it was first published in the early '70s. The experience of meeting again with Kim Phuc and Nick Ut must have been one of the more remarkable moments of your career and of your life. The circle rounds up on itself. Bravo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-21864113611489510022009-03-08T09:09:00.000-04:002009-03-08T09:09:00.000-04:00I was there in 1970, north of where you were - in ...I was there in 1970, north of where you were - in the Central Highlands near Tuy Hoa. It truly is a beautiful country but all I can remember is smoke and dirt and bombs and bullets. I would like to think it is a peaceful place now but know the history of violence both before and after our time there. I sure didn't do anything to make it better. Maybe you and your friends did.<BR/> ReederAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com