Battle of Hué, February 1968 When the Têt Offensive broke out over the night of January 30-31, 1968, Catherine Leroy, then 23, had been covering the Vietnam conflict for almost two years as the sole woman conflict photographer. photographies. Her name was Dotation Catherine Leroy, but everyone knew her as Cathy. • Vernon Wike (b. sa vie. Catherine Leroy in Saigon, 1966 © Dotation Catherine Leroy Evacuation of a mortally injured Marine, Hill 484. la bataille de huÉ, fÉvrier 1968; guerre du vietnam 1966/68; ailleurs; parutions.

She had no money, no contract with any news organization and only a very short list of published work. Dotation Catherine-Leroy pour la photographie de conflit ou Dotation CL ou DCL. She was a young woman who had come to Vietnam as a freelance photographer during the war, armed only with her camera and more crazy courage than you can imagine. October 11, 1966 © Dotation Catherine Leroy 1947): The Navy Corpsman who appears in the most famous series of photographs taken in Vietnam by Catherine Leroy on April 1967 on Hill 881near Khe Sanh, now lives in the USA. with catherine leroy; about catherine leroy; in her own words; letters from vietnam; the film: “cathy at war” her work. the battle of huÉ, february 1968; vietnam war 1966/68; other; publications. A daring pioneer At a time when women’s liberation movements were still emerging, Catherine Leroy, a small woman — barely 40kgs/85lbs. biographie; entretiens. 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. Objet: préserver, mettre en valeur et conserver l’œuvre de Catherine Leroy, et tout ce qui s’y rattache, que ce soit sous forme de photos, de films, d’enregistrements sonores, de textes, de légendes, de carnets, d’agendas, etc. press; catalogs / compilations; books ‘operation last patrol’ … photographs. the catherine leroy fund. at 1.50m/4’10” — born into a conservative Catholic bourgeois milieu, broke through many professional barriers. He was interviewed in Parker, Colorado on February 28, 2013. Catherine Leroy—Dotation Catherine Leroy Fred Ritchin, Dean Emeritus of the School at ICP: There is something both surreal and strikingly sad in this photograph by Catherine Leroy. avec catherine leroy; À son propos; elle se raconte; lettres du vietnam ‘cathy s’en va-t-en guerre’ ses images. 2006 Catherine Leroy dies of cancer in Santa Monica, California, USA, on July 8.