{"id":5354357,"date":"2019-10-18T16:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.life.com\/?post_type=photographer&#038;p=5354357"},"modified":"2019-10-18T16:00:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T16:00:27","slug":"charles-philips","status":"publish","type":"photographer","link":"https:\/\/www.life.com\/photographer\/charles-philips\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Philips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Phillips (1932-2003)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is almost axiomatic that accomplished photographers begin their careers with rather elementary entry-level positions and then work their way up. Charles Phillips (1932-2003), however, had a Leica in his hand the first time out. The six-foot-four photographer began taking pictures while serving in the Army during the Korean War. Upon receiving his discharge, he began work for LIFE. As a staff photographer, he covered protests against the war in Vietnam; he was gassed during the mayhem in the streets at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. After LIFE, Phillips shot extensively for the Smithsonian Institution and the Architectural Bureau of Indian Affairs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adapted from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Great-LIFE-Photographers-Editors\/dp\/0316097934\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1EH15RRHPZHFO&amp;keywords=the+great+life+photographers&amp;qid=1570115481&amp;s=gateway&amp;sprefix=the+great+life+photogr%2Caps%2C142&amp;sr=8-1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Great LIFE Photographers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_5da9e089a6a4c\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5355559 desc=\"Asset ID: 13051406. \" caption=\"Antiwar demonstrators protesting US involvement in the Vietnam War outside the Democratic National convention. (Photo by Charles Phillips\/The LIFE Picture Collection &copy; Meredith Corporation)\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/18155710\/Demo_BW_IC2-e1571414230995-696x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Antiwar demonstrators protesting US involvement in the Vietnam War outside the Democratic National convention. (Photo by Charles Phillips\/The LIFE Picture Collection &copy; Meredith Corporation)\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\"><\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Antiwar demonstrators protesting US involvement in the Vietnam War outside the Democratic National convention. (Photo by Charles Phillips\/The LIFE Picture Collection \u00a9 Meredith Corporation)<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_5da9e0dfa6a4d\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5355560 desc=\"Asset ID: 13051407. \" caption=\"Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam March on Washington, DC (Photo by Charles Phillips\/The LIFE Picture Collection &copy; Meredith Corporation)\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/18155800\/Demo_Color_I-e1571414279543-1024x730.jpg\" alt=\"Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam March on Washington, DC (Photo by Charles Phillips\/The LIFE Picture Collection &copy; Meredith Corporation)\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\"><\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam March on Washington, DC (Photo by Charles Phillips\/The LIFE Picture Collection \u00a9 Meredith Corporation)<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Phillips (1932-2003) It is almost axiomatic that accomplished photographers begin their careers with rather elementary entry-level positions and then work their way up. Charles Phillips (1932-2003), however, had a Leica in his hand the first time out. The six-foot-four photographer began taking pictures while serving in the Army during the Korean War. 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