Art Greenspon | |
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| Born | Arthur Greenspon 1942 (age 81–82)[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | War photographer, social worker |
| Years active | 1968–2007 |
Arthur Greenspon (born 1942) is an American retired photographer, notable for his coverage of the Vietnam War. Greenspon went to the war as a stringer for United Press International after selling his car to fund the air fare. He covered the Battle of Khe Sanh and Battle of Huế in early 1968 before being caught in an ambush in the jungle. A photograph Greenspon took of the arrival of a medical evacuation helicopter was published on the front page of The New York Times and has been called the "best photo from the war". Greenspon was wounded in May 1968 while covering fighting in Saigon and, finding he was unable to continue as a photographer, returned to the US. He afterwards worked for The New York Times and for New York's Channel 13. After leaving the media industry because of poor pay he studied for a degree and began a career in Wall Street finance. After his retirement he retrained as a social worker to work with military veterans.