This vintage press photo features a portrait of a homeless orphaned child in Saigon, South Vietnam. The child was one of many children displaced and orphaned by the Vietnam War. The child in this photo appears sad and terrified. This photograph was taken by Gordon N. Converse (c1921-1999) for the Christian Monitor News and Photo Service. He started as a combat photographer for the Christian Monitor during World War II. When he left the Navy, he spent 40 years traveling the world photographing people, places, and situations, for publication. He became the Monitor’s chief photographer and photo editor. During his career he won many awards, including “Newspaper-Magazine Photographer of the Year” in 1959. Converse is recognized as one of the elite photographers in the history of photo journalism. SOLD
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