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Horst Faas was born on 28 April, 1933 in Berlin, Nazi Germany, is a Horst Faas was photo journalist. Discover Horst Faas's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?
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miscellaneous |
| Age |
79 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus |
| Born |
28 April, 1933 |
| Birthday |
28 April |
| Birthplace |
Berlin, Nazi Germany |
| Date of death |
10 May, 2012 |
| Died Place |
Munich, Germany |
| Nationality |
Germany
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Horst Faas Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Horst Faas's Wife?
His wife is Ursula (? - 10 May 2012) ( his death) ( 1 child)
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| Wife |
Ursula (? - 10 May 2012) ( his death) ( 1 child) |
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Horst Faas Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Horst Faas worth at the age of 79 years old? Horst Faas’s income source is mostly from being a successful Miscellaneous. He is from Germany. We have estimated Horst Faas's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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| Source of Income |
Miscellaneous |
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Timeline
Horst Faas (28 April 1933 – 10 May 2012) was a German photo-journalist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner.
He is best known for his images of the Vietnam War.
Horst Faas as born on 28 April 1933 in Berlin, which was then part of Nazi Germany.
Faas began his photographic career in 1951 with the Keystone Agency, and by the age of 21 he was already covering major events concerning Indochina, including the peace negotiations in Geneva in 1954.
In 1956 he joined the Associated Press (AP), where he acquired a reputation for being an unflinching hard-news war photographer, covering the wars in Vietnam and Laos, as well as in the Congo and Algeria.
In 1962, he became AP's chief photographer for Southeast Asia, and was based in Saigon until 1974.
His images of the Vietnam War won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1965.
On 18 June 1965, during the Vietnam War with the 173rd Airborne Brigade on defense duty at Phuoc Vinh airstrip in South Vietnam he took the iconic photo of a soldier wearing a hand lettered "War Is Hell" slogan on his helmet.
In 1967 he was severely wounded in the legs by a rocket-propelled grenade.
The notorious "Saigon Execution" photograph, showing the summary execution of a Viet Cong prisoner by Saigon police chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, taken by Eddie Adams in Saigon on 1 February 1968, was sent under his direction.
Nick Ut's famous "Napalm Girl" photograph caused a huge controversy over at the AP bureau; an editor had objected to the photo, saying that the girl depicted was naked and that nobody would accept it.
Faas ordered that Ut's photo be sent over the wire.
In 1972, he collected a second Pulitzer, for his coverage of the conflict in Bangladesh.
Inside Bangladesh, photographer Rashid Talukder considered it too dangerous to publish his photographs and he released them more than twenty years after Horst's photographs had appeared.
Faas is also famed for his work as a picture editor, and was instrumental in ensuring the publication of two of the most famous images of the Vietnam War.
In 1976, Faas moved to London as AP's senior photo editor for Europe; he retired in 2004.
In retirement he organised reunions of the wartime Saigon press corps and ran international photojournalism symposiums.
He produced four books on his career and other news photographers, including Requiem, a book about photographers killed on both sides of the Vietnam War, co-edited with fellow Vietnam War photojournalist Tim Page.
In September 1990, freelance photographer Greg Marinovich submitted a series of graphic photos of a crowd executing a man to the AP bureau in Johannesburg.
Once again, AP editors were uncertain if the photos should be sent over the wire.
One editor sent the images to Faas, who telegrammed back, "send all photos."
