Photographer remembered

Eddie Adams, the late Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist known for his emblematic images of the Vietnam War, was remembered Thursday for his wry smile and bright eyes that revealed an endless passion for telling the stories of humanity.

Adams, best known for his Associated Press photo of a communist guerrilla being executed in a Saigon street, died last month at 71 from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Family and friends, including many who worked with Adams in Vietnam, gathered in Manhattan for a memorial service. “He was smart and brave and he had the magnificent sense of anticipation ... the ability to sense what is going to happen before it actually happens,” said longtime friend and writer David Halberstam.

From Associated Press