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Michael Joseph (1941-) - The Face from Town, Vietnam 1964

The Face from Town — Vietnam, 1964 Michael Joseph (b. 1941) Black & white photographic print Original photograph: South Vietnam, October 1964 Signed and dated by Michael Joseph Limited Edition: 1/20 A particularly significant photograph from Michael Joseph’s Vietnam archive, taken in South Vietnam in October 1964, when the photographer was just 23 years old. Surrounded by armed Vietnamese men in distinctive camouflage uniforms, a young woman turns towards Joseph’s camera with an extraordinary, spontaneous smile. Rifles cut through the composition, serious faces surround her, yet her expression brings an unexpected warmth and humanity to the scene. There is also an important connection to the original publication of Joseph’s Vietnam photographs. The same young woman appears prominently on the cover of the March 1965 issue of British magazine Town, accompanying its feature on guerrilla fighting. On the magazine cover she is photographed much closer, smiling directly towards Joseph’s lens, surrounded once again by camouflage and weaponry. The surviving magazine therefore provides a fascinating period reference for the woman seen here and places this photograph firmly within the body of work Joseph brought back from Vietnam. The contrast between the two images is particularly compelling. The Town cover transforms her into the commanding face of the story; this wider photograph restores the surrounding scene, revealing her amongst the men Joseph was photographing and allowing us to see the context from which that memorable face emerged. Taken in 1964, before the major escalation of US ground combat involvement the following year, the photograph belongs to an important early chapter of the Vietnam War and to one of the earliest bodies of work in Michael Joseph’s photographic career. Joseph would later become known for meticulously constructed advertising photographs, large groups and elaborate productions. Here, decades before those celebrated commissions, we can already see his instinct for faces, relationships and the decisive human detail within a crowded frame. This contemporary black & white photographic print has been personally signed and inscribed “Vietnam 1964” by Michael Joseph and will additionally be numbered 1/20, making it the first print in an official limited edition of only twenty. A particularly collectable image from the Vietnam series, with a direct connection to the contemporary publication of Joseph’s work in Town magazine, March 1965.

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