Charlie Haughey was drafted into the US Army in October of 1967. He was 24. After 63 days in Vietnam, he was made a photographer, shooting photographs for the Army and US newspapers, with these instructions from the Colonel:
“You are not a combat photographer. This is a morale operation. If I see pictures of my guys in papers, doing their jobs with honor, then you can do what you like in Vietnam.”
He shot nearly 2,000 images between March 1968 and May 1969 before taking the negatives home. And there they sat, out of sight, but not out of mind, for 45 years, until a chance meeting brought them out of dormancy and into a digital scanner.
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Charlie Haughey
was drafted into the US Army in October of 1967. He was 24, and had
been in college in Michigan before running out of money and quitting
school to work in a sheet metal factory. The draft notice meant that he
was to serve a tour of duty in Vietnam, designated a rifleman, the basic
field position in the Army. After 63 days in Vietnam, he was made a
photographer, shooting photographs for the Army and US newspapers, with
these instructions from the Colonel: “You are not a combat
photographer. This is a morale operation. If I see pictures of my guys
in papers, doing their jobs with honor, then you can do what you like in
Vietnam.” He shot nearly 2,000 images between March 1968 and May 1969
before taking the negatives home. And there they sat, out of sight, but
not out of mind, for 45 years, until a chance meeting brought them out
of dormancy and into a digital scanner. At first, it was very difficult
for Haughey to view the images and talk about them, especially not
knowing the fates of many of the subjects of his photos. When the
digitization hit 1,700 negative scans, Haughey put them on a slideshow
and viewed them all at once, and didn’t sleep for three days after.
He’s slowly getting better at dealing with the emotional impact of
seeing the images for the first time in decades. A team of volunteers
has worked with Haughey to plan a 28-image
show, titled A Weather Walked In, which opens April 5th in the
ADX
art gallery in Portland, Oregon. The difficulty of keeping notes in a
war zone along with the passage of decades has faded the details behind
many of the images, and the captions reflect this fact, with many shots
of unknown people in forgotten locations at unspecified times. It is
hoped that publication of the pictures can yield more information. More
images from the collection will be released as the project progresses.
You can follow the progress on
facebook and
Tumblr.
Thanks to Chieu Hoi project volunteer Kris Regentin for preparing much
of this introduction and the accompanying captions. --
Lane Turner (
46 photos total) - See more at: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2013/03/a_soldiers_eye_rediscovered_pi.html#sthash.000EAf7a
as drafted
into the US Army in October of 1967. He was 24, and had been in college
in Michigan before running out of money and quitting school to work in a
sheet metal factory. The draft notice meant that he was to serve a tour
of duty in Vietnam, designated a rifleman, the basic field position in
the Army. After 63 days in Vietnam, he was made a photographer,
shooting photographs for the Army and US newspapers, with these
instructions from the Colonel: “You are not a combat photographer. This
is a morale operation. If I see pictures of my guys in papers, doing
their jobs with honor, then you can do what you like in Vietnam.” He
shot nearly 2,000 images between March 1968 and May 1969 before taking
the negatives home. And there they sat, out of sight, but not out of
mind, for 45 years, until a chance meeting brought them out of dormancy
and into a digital scanner. At first, it was very difficult for Haughey
to view the images and talk about them, especially not knowing the
fates of many of the subjects of his photos. When the digitization hit
1,700 negative scans, Haughey put them on a slideshow and viewed them
all at once, and didn’t sleep for three days after. He’s slowly getting
better at dealing with the emotional impact of seeing the images for
the first time in decades. A team of volunteers has worked with Haughey
to plan a 28-image
show, titled A Weather Walked In, which opens April 5th in the
ADX
art gallery in Portland, Oregon. The difficulty of keeping notes in a
war zone along with the passage of decades has faded the details behind
many of the images, and the captions reflect this fact, with many shots
of unknown people in forgotten locations at unspecified times. It is
hoped that publication of the pictures can yield more information. More
images from the collection will be released as the project progresses.
You can follow the progress on
facebook and
Tumblr.
Thanks to Chieu Hoi project volunteer Kris Regentin for preparing much
of this introduction and the accompanying captions. - See more at:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2013/03/a_soldiers_eye_rediscovered_pi.html#sthash.000EAf7a.dpuf
Charlie Haughey
was drafted into the US Army in October of 1967. He was 24, and had
been in college in Michigan before running out of money and quitting
school to work in a sheet metal factory. The draft notice meant that he
was to serve a tour of duty in Vietnam, designated a rifleman, the basic
field position in the Army. After 63 days in Vietnam, he was made a
photographer, shooting photographs for the Army and US newspapers, with
these instructions from the Colonel: “You are not a combat
photographer. This is a morale operation. If I see pictures of my guys
in papers, doing their jobs with honor, then you can do what you like in
Vietnam.” He shot nearly 2,000 images between March 1968 and May 1969
before taking the negatives home. And there they sat, out of sight, but
not out of mind, for 45 years, until a chance meeting brought them out
of dormancy and into a digital scanner. At first, it was very difficult
for Haughey to view the images and talk about them, especially not
knowing the fates of many of the subjects of his photos. When the
digitization hit 1,700 negative scans, Haughey put them on a slideshow
and viewed them all at once, and didn’t sleep for three days after.
He’s slowly getting better at dealing with the emotional impact of
seeing the images for the first time in decades. A team of volunteers
has worked with Haughey to plan a 28-image
show, titled A Weather Walked In, which opens April 5th in the
ADX
art gallery in Portland, Oregon. The difficulty of keeping notes in a
war zone along with the passage of decades has faded the details behind
many of the images, and the captions reflect this fact, with many shots
of unknown people in forgotten locations at unspecified times. It is
hoped that publication of the pictures can yield more information. More
images from the collection will be released as the project progresses.
You can follow the progress on
facebook and
Tumblr.
Thanks to Chieu Hoi project volunteer Kris Regentin for preparing much
of this introduction and the accompanying captions. - See more at:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2013/03/a_soldiers_eye_rediscovered_pi.html#sthash.000EAf7a.dpuf
Charlie Haughey
was drafted into the US Army in October of 1967. He was 24, and had
been in college in Michigan before running out of money and quitting
school to work in a sheet metal factory. The draft notice meant that he
was to serve a tour of duty in Vietnam, designated a rifleman, the basic
field position in the Army. After 63 days in Vietnam, he was made a
photographer, shooting photographs for the Army and US newspapers, with
these instructions from the Colonel: “You are not a combat
photographer. This is a morale operation. If I see pictures of my guys
in papers, doing their jobs with honor, then you can do what you like in
Vietnam.” He shot nearly 2,000 images between March 1968 and May 1969
before taking the negatives home. And there they sat, out of sight, but
not out of mind, for 45 years, until a chance meeting brought them out
of dormancy and into a digital scanner. At first, it was very difficult
for Haughey to view the images and talk about them, especially not
knowing the fates of many of the subjects of his photos. When the
digitization hit 1,700 negative scans, Haughey put them on a slideshow
and viewed them all at once, and didn’t sleep for three days after.
He’s slowly getting better at dealing with the emotional impact of
seeing the images for the first time in decades. A team of volunteers
has worked with Haughey to plan a 28-image
show, titled A Weather Walked In, which opens April 5th in the
ADX
art gallery in Portland, Oregon. The difficulty of keeping notes in a
war zone along with the passage of decades has faded the details behind
many of the images, and the captions reflect this fact, with many shots
of unknown people in forgotten locations at unspecified times. It is
hoped that publication of the pictures can yield more information. More
images from the collection will be released as the project progresses.
You can follow the progress on
facebook and
Tumblr.
Thanks to Chieu Hoi project volunteer Kris Regentin for preparing much
of this introduction and the accompanying captions. - See more at:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2013/03/a_soldiers_eye_rediscovered_pi.html#sthash.000EAf7a.dpuf
