AP

Hailing from a humble background in England and Australia, at the age of 17, Tim Page had to leave home and travel to the Middle East, India, and Nepal to make a living. Carrying a Nikon 3x4 camera on his shoulder, he arrived in Laos to work for the American news agency UPI, capturing the events of the coup in Laos in 1965 before moving on to Vietnam to work as a war correspondent. He was a renowned freelance photojournalist known for his work in Vietnam and Indochina, selling many photos to leading news agencies and publications such as UPI, AP, Time and Life magazines from the United States, and the French magazine Paris Match. He passed away on August 24, 2022 in Bellingen, Australia, at the age of 78. In 2015, Tim Page made a return to Vietnam. Photo credit: Chu Chi Thanh. Tim Page suffered injuries while aboard the American pleasure yacht Point Welcome when he was mistakenly fired upon by a U.S. aircraft off the coast of South Vietnam in December 1966. Vietnam has become a sacred land for Tim Page, a photographer who was wounded four times by bombs and narrowly escaped death during the 5 years of war. He captured thousands of fiery images and authored nearly a dozen famous books on war and peace in Vietnam, the most notable being "Requiem" which he co-authored with Horst Faas. Together, they established the Indochina Media Memorial Foundation to provide photography classes for young people in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Following the war, Tim Page frequently visits Vietnam for work and is considered a respected figure by the Vietnam News Agency, the Vietnam Photography Artists Association, and the Vietnam War Remnants Museum. Although Tim Page has an extensive photography career, one noteworthy project is the collaboration with Horst Faas to compile images of fallen colleagues in a book of remembrance. During the introduction of the book and exhibition "Requiem" at the Van Ho Exhibition House in Hanoi in 2000, Tim Page stated: "We are anti-war photographers. The images in this book and exhibition about the Vietnam War and Indochina were captured by journalists on both sides of the conflict. They were friends and colleagues of Horst Faas and I, who fell on the battlefield…" In 1965, a US medical helicopter emerged from the pink smoke to evacuate the wounded soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, who were ambushed in the Viet Cong stronghold known as the Iron Triangle in Combat Zone C. The 173rd Airborne Brigade conducted a helicopter evacuation from Combat Zone D in Vietnam in 1966. During that day, Tim Page was dressed in a military-style khaki suit, with a scarf around his neck resembling those worn by farmers in Southern Vietnam. It seemed that he favored this scarf, as he brought it along on his trips to Vietnam year after year. I recognized him immediately by his tall stature, bright and expressive eyes, and the retro sunglasses perched on top of his head, securing…