1980 Photo Contest, Others, Individual awards
Photographer

Leonid Evseevich Yakutin

Union of Journalists of the USSR

01 January, 1979

Original caption from World Press Photo (1980)

On the land of Vietnam.

 

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About the photographer

Leonid Evseevich Yakutin

Leonid Yakutin (1940-2009) worked as a miner before becoming a photojournalist during his time in the navy. After graduating in journalism at Lvov Higher Military-Political Acade...

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