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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.
A legendary photographer. In the 1960s and ‘70s, the indeed intrepid young French woman chose to travel the world to photograph the major conflicts of her day, from Vietnam to Africa, to the Middle East.
Mar 28, 2017 · In fact, for most of the 1960s, there were only two: Dickie Chapelle, who was killed by a grenade in 1965, and Catherine Leroy. Leroy was widely considered the most daring photographer in...
- 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.
Sep 27, 2017 · While covering the Vietnam War, Catherine Leroy wrote over 100 letters home, detailing her professional and personal experiences as the only female photojournalist in Vietnam at the time.
Biography. 1944 Born in Sannois in the suburbs of Paris on August 27 in a night of heavy bombing by the Allied Forces during World War II. 1966 Arrives in Vietnam without any professional experience on a one-way ticket, with a Leica M2 and a hundred dollars in her pocket.
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Jul 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 publications, died here on Saturday.
