{"id":545,"date":"2008-03-20T05:51:16","date_gmt":"2008-03-20T12:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/2008\/03\/20\/rip-philip-jones-griffiths\/"},"modified":"2014-03-20T10:09:03","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T17:09:03","slug":"rip-philip-jones-griffiths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/2008\/03\/20\/rip-philip-jones-griffiths\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P Philip Jones Griffiths"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>A Welsh photojournalist renowned for his coverage of the Vietnam war has died at the age of 72. (<a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/wales\/7305468.stm\">BBC<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<li><\/li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karakaregokyuzu.blogspot.com\/2010\/09\/philip-jones-griffiths.html\">Photo via <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/03_Griffith.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/03_Griffith.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"03_Griffith\" width=\"430\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/03_Griffith.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/03_Griffith-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li><\/li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/0childgriffiths.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/0childgriffiths.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"0childgriffiths\" width=\"617\" height=\"407\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/0childgriffiths.jpg 617w, https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/0childgriffiths-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li><\/li>\n<p><object width=\"525\" height=\"405\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GhXFno0_chE&#038;hl=en\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GhXFno0_chE&#038;hl=en\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"525\" height=\"405\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>From 1966 to 1971, Mr Jones Griffiths reported on the Vietnam war, publishing a photojournalism book focused on the suffering of civilians.<br \/>\nVietnam Inc galvanised the anti-war movement in the United States and helped to turn public opinion against the war.<br \/>\nIt is now hailed as a classic of photojournalism. <\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the BBC news website published in 2005, Mr Jones Griffiths said: &#8220;The only thing we photographers really want more than life, more than sex, more than anything, is to be invisible.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Welsh photojournalist renowned for his coverage of the Vietnam war has died at the age of 72. (BBC) Photo via From 1966 to 1971, Mr Jones Griffiths reported on the Vietnam war, publishing a photojournalism book focused on the suffering of civilians. Vietnam Inc galvanised the anti-war movement in the United States and helped &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/2008\/03\/20\/rip-philip-jones-griffiths\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;R.I.P Philip Jones Griffiths&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","category-war-photographers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}