Hubert van Es
Photographer, Visual Artist
1941 – 2009
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Who was Hubert van Es?
Hubert van Es was a Dutch photographer and photojournalist who took the well-known photo on 29 April 1975, which shows South Vietnamese civilians scrambling to board a CIA Air America helicopter during the U.S. evacuation of Saigon. The picture was taken a day before the Fall of Saigon.
Born in Hilversum, Netherlands, Van Es was variously known in his working life as "Hu", the anglicized "Hugh" and the nickname "Vanes," to rhyme with "planes".
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- Born
- Jul 6, 1941
Hilversum - Nationality
- Netherlands
- Profession
- Died
- May 15, 2009
Hong Kong
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on July 23, 2013
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