- Philip Jones Griffiths, 1936 - 2008 -

Obituaries: - Photojournalist showed the face of modern warfare to the world !!!!

Philip Jones Griffiths, a photojournalist whose images from the Vietnam War helped crystallize opposition to the conflict, has died. He was 72.

Jones Griffiths, a longtime member and former president of the prestigious Magnum photo agency, died of cancer at his London home, according to Rhiannon Davies, the agency's commercial director.

Published in 1971, his book "Vietnam Inc." was considered one of the most detailed photographic studies of an armed conflict ever published. The first printing of nearly 40,000 sold put immediately and the book became a rare and valued commodity among photography fans and photojournalists.