Tim Page Essay

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------------------------------------------------- Aperture May 25th, 1944, Tunbridge Wells, a daredevil of a photographer was born, man known as Tim Page. Tim Page is an Englishman famous for his photography during the Vietnam War. Page found work in Laos after leaving England in 1962, making his way through Europe, Pakistan, India, Burma, and Thailand. With his wallet dry and in need of income he found work in Laos as an Agricultural Advisor for the USAID (United States Agency for International Development) and poisoned as a press photographer. Not knowing much about petrography at the time, Page had to teach himself how to work the film camera. Soon Pages photographs were making way through the paper all around the world. After working for the USAID, his exclusive photographs of an attempted coup d'état (strike against the state) in Laos 1965, Page got a staffing position in the Saigon Bureau of the news agency. What made Page such a daredevil was his work during the war. Going where no other photographer would dare to step foot in Page would be the first. Taking photographs in dangerous situations caused him to be injured not once but four times. The photographs Page took are unique, viewing his life as “Free Time”, coming from near death experience in the early 60’s. From all the injuries Page received from the field his coworkers/friends joked about him not making it past 23 years of age. His first injury in 1965 was in Chu Lai Vietnam, getting struck by shrapnel in the legs and stomach. A year later he received more shrapnel in the head, back and arms; during the Buddhist riots in Da Nag. Shortly after that, August 1966, Page had over 200 wounds after the Air Force pilots strafed a vessel. The final injury was caused by a mine. April 1969, Page was helping boarding injured soldiers on to the helicopter when at the same time a sergeant stepped on the

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