Grunts: The Last US Draft, 1972
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (970 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0764353020 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Ed Eckstein has been a self-employed documentary photographer since the mid-1960s. His specialty is un-manipulated “non-fiction” imagery. . He has traveled on assignment throughout the United States and worked in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America on assignments for publications, non-profit organizations, human services agencies, graphic designers and corporations
Ed Eckstein has been a self-employed documentary photographer since the mid-1960s. . He has traveled on assignment throughout the United States and worked in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America on assignments for publications, non-profit organizations, human services agencies, graphic designers and corporations. His specialty is un-manipulated “non-fiction” imagery
The balance of the nine-week experience is basic trainingwhere civilians become soldiers. All photographs are candid. Shortly after these images were taken, the draft officially ended and the all-volunteer army began. Jackson, South Carolina, for orientation, haircutting, and the acquisition of uniforms and supplies. Nothing was set up or posed for the camera, nor was there censorship by the army of any of the images taken for this project.. We observe them practicing hand-to-hand combat and marksmanship, and we also see them calling home, writing letters and bonding with fellow soldiers. The journey beings at an induction center in Philadelphia, where recruits swear allegiance to the United States, and
Bob Fitzsimmons said A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE!. Well, I received a copy of the book for Father’s Day and I was blown away! God those pictures brought me back A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE! Bob Fitzsimmons Well, I received a copy of the book for Father’s Day and I was blown away! God those pictures brought me back 45 years. I can see myself in almost all of the shots, even though I had Basic Training at Ft. Polk, Louisiana (the hell hole of the world)! To make matters worse our Drill Sergeants kept telling us we were headed to Vietnam so our very lives depended on what we learned in Basic Training!Turns out they were lying (can you imagine?) as Nixon had stopped sending troops earlier that year---but we believed them!It’s hard for me to get my head around having a Draft in today’s USA. Asi. 5 years. I can see myself in almost all of the shots, even though I had Basic Training at Ft. Polk, Louisiana (the hell hole of the world)! To make matters worse our Drill Sergeants kept telling us we were headed to Vietnam so our very lives depended on what we learned in Basic Training!Turns out they were lying (can you imagine?) as Nixon had stopped sending troops earlier that year---but we believed them!It’s hard for me to get my head around having a Draft in today’s USA. Asi. Non-Fiction Photography At Its Best Ed EcksteinGrunts: The Last US Draft, 1972 managed the next to impossible, becoming a virtual "fly-on-the-wall", documenting the rigors of basic training in 1972. The US was racked by controversy over the Vietnam war, and the draft brought civilians into the military and many onward to the battlefield. The photographer, an advocate of "non-fiction photography", managed to become embedded with a basic training company at Ft. Jackson, SC and photographed the exhaustive work of turning civilians, however unwilling, into soldiers. This documentary is historically important, and a wonderful collection of photo