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Huỳnh Công Út
Huỳnh Công Út, known professionally as Nick Ut (born March 29, 1951), is a Vietnamese-American photographer who worked for the Associated Press in Los Angeles. He won both the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography and the 1973 World Press Photo, World Press Photo of the Year for the 1972 photograph ''The Terror of War'', depicting children running away from a napalm bombing attack during the Vietnam War. Since the release of the documentary ''The Stringer'' in 2025, the authorship of the photograph has been disputed; the documentary identified Nguyễn Thành Nghệ as the author, AP stood with the attribution to Ut, and World Press Photo suspended the authorship attribution until more evidence is available. In 2017, he retired. Examples of his work may be found in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Biography Born in Long An Province, Long An, State of Vietnam, Vietnam (then part of French Indochina), Ut began to take photographs for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Terror Of War
''The Terror of War'', colloquially known as ''Napalm Girl'', is a photograph taken on 8 June 1972. It features a naked 9-year-old girl, Phan Thi Kim Phuc, running toward the camera from a South Vietnamese napalm strike that mistakenly hit Trang Bang, Trảng Bàng village instead of nearby North Vietnamese troops. It is credited as one of the most famous images of the Vietnam War and an indictment of the effects of war on innocent victims in general. Nick Ut sold the photo to the Associated Press and was initially credited as the photographer, receiving several awards including World Press Photo of the Year. After the documentary ''The Stringer'' (2025) explored the possibility that stringer (journalism), stringer Nguyễn Thành Nghệ may have taken the photo, both the AP and World Press Photo conducted investigations, both of which were inconclusive as to whether the photo was taken by Ut, Nghệ, or military photographer Huỳnh Công Phúc; the AP continues to credit Ut, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |