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1974 Photo Contest, News Feature, 2nd prize
Photographer

Eddie Adams

Time

01 October, 1973

An Israeli soldier at the Suez Canal during the Yom Kippur War.

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Eddie Adams

The photographic career of American photojournalist Eddie Adams (New Kensington, Pennsylvania 1933 - New York City 2004) spanned 45 years, in which he covered every possible subj...

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