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Catherine Leroy (August 27, 1944 - July 8, 2006) was a French-born photojournalist and war photographer, whose stark images of battle illustrated the story of the Vietnam War in the pages of Life magazine and other publications.
- August 27, 1944, Paris, France
- dotationcatherineleroy.org
- July 8, 2006 (aged 61), Santa Monica, California
Learn about the life and achievements of Catherine Leroy, a French woman who was the first woman to make a parachute jump in combat with US forces in Vietnam and the first to win the George Polk Award and the Robert Capa Gold Medal for her coverage of the Vietnam War. She was also a legendary photographer who photographed the major conflicts of her day, from Vietnam to Africa, to the Middle East, and shared her vision of soldiers and civilians with the world.
Mar 28, 2017 · Dotation Catherine Leroy, via Contact Press Images Elizabeth Herman is a freelance photographer and a doctoral student in political science at the University of California, Berkeley. Produced ...
- Elizabeth Herman
ABOUT CATHERINE LEROY. IN HER OWN WORDS. LETTERS FROM VIETNAM. THE FILM: “CATHY AT WAR”. HER WORK. PHOTOGRAPHS. VIETNAM WAR 1966/68. BATTLE OF HUE 1968. WOODSTOCK 1969.
Jul 12, 2006 · By The Associated Press. July 12, 2006. SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 11 - Catherine Leroy, a photojournalist whose stark images of battle helped tell the story of Vietnam in Life magazine and other ...
Catherine Leroy is a French war correspondent who covered the Vietnam War, the Battle of Hué, the Woodstock festival, and the liberation of Saigon in 1975. She also photographed the civil wars in Lebanon, Somalia, Libya, and other conflicts in the Middle East and Africa. See her stunning images and stories from her archive at DCL.
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Sep 27, 2017 · Catherine Leroy was 21 when she arrived in Vietnam in 1966 with only a hundred dollars, a Leica M2 and a limited professional portfolio. Over the next three years covering the war, she built an exceptional body of work: surviving and documenting a capture by the North Vietnamese Army, parachuting in combat operations with the 173rd Airborne, and being published on the covers of major magazines ...
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