Tim Page is one of the world’s most famous photo journalists and most respected war photographers.
At the age of 17 Tim left England to travel across Europe, the Middle East, India and Nepal. Ending up in Laos at the time of the civil war he ended up working as a stringer for United Press International. From there he moved to Saigon where he covered the Vietnam War for the next five years mostly on assignment for TIME-LIFE, PARIS MATCH and ASSOCIATED PRESS. He also found time to cover the Six Day War in ’67.
Wounded four times while plying his trade Tim Page has seen more combat action than many of the most seasoned veterans of the conflicts he has covered.
After the fourth and most serious injuries Tim spent a year in America recoveringy. A year in Rome for TIME-LIFE was followed by photographing the music scene in America for ROLLING STONE and CRAWDADDY magazine. Michael Herr’s book ‘DISPATCHES’ was made into a play in London and Tim returned to his England and published his first book ‘NAM’. To date Tim has authored nine books, including an award winning autobriography ‘Page after Page’ and is the subject of ten documentaries and two feature films. The character of the photographer in ‘Apocalypse Now’ played by Dennis Hopper is loosely based on Tim.
Tim Page’s photographs are held in collections at THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, THE SMITHSONIAN, THE PRINCES TRUST, THE VICTORIA & ALBERT, THE FREEDOM FORUM and others.
Tim is a recipient of the ROBERT CAPA AWARD, OLIVIER RIBBOT AWARD, GEORGE POLK AWARD, OVERSEAS PRESS CLUB AWARD, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MEDIA PHOTOGRAPHERS and a host of others. In the early 90’s while making a documentary of his search for Sean Flynn (son of Errol) and Dana Stone, Tim came up with the concept of a memorial for all the photographers who died covering the conflict in Indochina. He included the North Vietnamese photographers and later donated the exhibition to the Vietnamese government. It is on permanent display in Ho Chi Minh City. He has returned to Vietnam 42 times and runs IMMF photo workshops. Tim has also been documenting the effects of Agent Orange and landmines for the last 25 years – for his work, the Vietnamese government awarded him “CULTURAL HERO of the REVOLUTION” (only the 7th recipient in history).
Tim now lives in Brisbane Australia, is an adjunct professor at Griffith University and recently travelled with David Dare Parker to cover the conflict in East Timor.
