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Faas began his photographic career in 1951 with the Keystone Agency, and by the age of 21 he was already covering major events concerning Indochina, including the peace negotiations in Geneva in 1954. In 1956 he joined the Associated Press (AP), where he acquired a reputation for being an unflinching hard-news war photographer, covering conflicts in Vietnam and Laos, as well as the Congo and Algeria. In 1962, he became AP’s chief photographer for Southeast Asia, and was based in Saigon until 1974. His images of the Vietnam war won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1965. In 1972, he collected a second Pulitzer, for his coverage of the conflict in Bangladesh. Indochina, or the Indochinese Peninsula, is a region in Southeast Asia. ... The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ...

Faas is also famed for his work as a picture editor, and was instrumental in ensuring the publication of two of the most famous images of the Vietnam War. The notorious "Saigon Execution" photograph, showing the summary execution of a Vietcong prisoner by Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan, taken by Eddie Adams in Saigon on February 1, 1968 was sent under his direction. Nick Ut's famous "Napalm Girl" photograph caused a huge controversy over at the AP bureau; an editor had objected to the photo, saying that the girl depicted was naked and that nobody would take it. Faas ordered that Ut's photo be sent over the wire. General Nguyen Ngoc Loan General Nguyen Ngoc Loan (December 11 1930 [1] â€“ July 14, 1998) was the Republic of Vietnams Chief of National Police. ... General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing Viet Cong Captain Nguyen Van Lem: Eddie Adams Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Eddie Adams (June 12, 1933 – September 19, 2004) was an American photographer noted for portraits of celebrities and politicians and as a photojournalist having covered 13 wars. ... Taken June 8, 1972, this photograph earned Ut the Pulitzer prize, and Thi, center, a great deal of attention throughout her life. ...

In 1990, photographer Greg Marinovich submitted a series of graphic photos of a crowd executing a man. Once again, AP editors were uncertain of if the the graphic photos should be sent over the wire. One editor sent the images to Faas, who telegrammed back, "send all photos." ^[1]

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External links

• Profile of Faas, including an image taken from his 1965 Pulitzer Prizewinning portfolio
• Faas on the "Saigon Execution" photograph