Horst Faas, War Photographer, Is Dead at 79

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Parting Glance: Horst Faas

Horst Faas, a prizewinning combat photographer with The Associated Press for nearly a half-century, died on Thursday. He was 79.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/a-parting-glance-horst-faas/?pagewanted=all

Mr. Faas was a brilliant planner, able to score journalistic scoops by anticipating “not just what happens next, but what happens after that,” as one colleague put it.