Execution at Night

Ed Adams

Associated Press

Tah Vinh, 34, a Chinese businessman and convicted profiteer jumps from impact of bullets from firing squad in the Saigon marketplace March 13, 1966. Picture was made at about 4 a.m. with 300 mm lens using light from a truck's headlights. Two battalions of airborne and police attempted to prevent photographers from making pictures of the execution.

Ed Adams, "Execution at Night," in POYi Archive, Item #5798, http://archive.poy.org/index.php/items/show/5798 (accessed June 7, 2025).