Book Event on April 15

Event: Meet & Greet Australian Photographer Roger Costello
Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Location: Barnes & Noble Bookstore at Duquesne University (Forbes Ave. on the Duquesne Campus)
Time: 3pm – 6pm
As a young man in the Australian Army during the Vietnam War, Roger Costello witnessed the destruction of Vietnam. These memories drive his dedication to The Friends of Danang, a nonprofit organization of citizens and Vietnam veterans in the Pittsburgh area that raises money to fund projects that benefit the people and, more specifically, the children of the Danang area.
"Places and Faces: Vietnam" was published in Vietnam in order to benefit that country as much as possible. "It's a moral issue for a lot of us. As a young man, I helped destroy that country. It's for my own soul and to help the children of the country that I do this." Vietnam is no longer the war-ravaged country many Americans imagine. About 70 percent of the population was born after the war. "I want people to see the diversity of the country. Look at the places; look at the faces and colors. It is a country that needs to be discovered."