He saved her life and signed under an iconic photo. However, he is a real author

20. May 2025 at 4:58 pm

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BRATISLAVA. Hot, hot, screaming from pain and fear. The fleeing crying girl, Phan Thi Kim Phuc, was nine -year -old on June 8, 1972, and on a black -and -white photo he runs with other children from a burning Vietnamese village hit by Napalm.

Napalm penetrated through her clothes like gelatin lava and marked her life. The world was marked by her photograph, which became a symbol of war horrors and influenced the public view of the US for war in Vietname. It is even believed to have helped end one of the most controversial wars in American history.

Photographer Nick UT has also won the Pulitzer Prize for her and World Press Photo. The little girl then helped to get to medical care.

Even in 2022, Phang Thi Kim Phuc underwent the last skin treatment after decades of pain caused by the torso scars. Her injuries were so serious that the doctors thought she would not survive immediately after the attack, but after more than a year of treatment, her condition stabilized.

However, the story of one of the most famous films of the 20th century does not end even after more than 50 years. World Press Photo questioned the authorship of the photograph of the horror of the war, more famous than Napalm’s girl.

They credited merit

Organization that described this photo in 1973 as a photo of the year, announcedthat she « suspended » the long -term attribution of the authorship of Nick Ut, who is retired and worked for the Associated Press (AP).

The discussion of the authorship was launched by the documentary film The Stringer, which premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival. The document states that the iconic photo was not caught by UT, but independent photographer Nguyen Thanh Nghe. He was one of the ten people who stood at the check -up near the burning village on that day.

According to NGHE, he sold his photo to AP, and subsequently her editors decided to attribute the merit of Ut, who at that time worked as an internal photographer AP in Saigon.

World Press Photo launched its own investigation, published the results on May 16. The internal analysis, which took place from January to May, concluded that « based on the analysis of the site, distance and used the camera on that day « could be photographers Nguyen Thanh Nghe or Huynh Cong Phuc in a better position to create a photo than Nick UT.

As she said accompanying messagethis theory is indicated by visual and technical evidence.

However, the suspension of authorship only applies to the question of who took the photo. « The photo itself is not disputed, » said the World Press Photo award for this important photo of the decisive moment of the 20th century remains valid.