Larry Burrows
PhotographerKnown for:
color combat photography in Vietnam for Life magazine
Education:
Self-taught; learned in LIFE magazine darkrooms
Larry Burrows covered the Vietnam War for Life magazine beginning in 1962, developing a formal approach to color combat photography that had few predecessors. His 1966 essay "One Ride with Yankee Papa 13" followed a helicopter crew through a mission in which crew members were killed or wounded, and was among the most visceral pieces of photo-essay journalism of the war. He died when his helicopter was shot down over Laos on February 10, 1971.
Larry Burrows's Gear List(1)
Nikon
Connection Source
EyescoffeeBook
Connection note
Burrows used the Nikon F for his Vietnam coverage in Life magazine; his use of the camera is documented in the Life archive and in "Larry Burrows: Vietnam" (2002), the posthumous retrospective of his work.
Product description
Introduced in 1959, the Nikon F was Japan's first professional 35mm SLR. Its rugged construction, interchangeable viewfinders, and the F-mount lens system made it the predominant camera in photojournalism and war photography through the 1970s.
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Last updated March 29, 2026
