World Press Photo announced on Friday The terror of warAlso known as “Napalm Girl”, the iconic photo, which was taken in 1972 during the Vietnam War.
In January, World Press Photo initiated an independent investigation after a documentary published by the VII Foundation last year asked whether Huỳnh Công (Nick), who attributed the airs, actually won the shot.
“Investigative analysis by World Press Photo showed that the photographers who were used in the analysis of the place, distance and the camera, the photographers Nguyễn Thành NGHệ or HUỳNH Công Phúc may be better positioned to take the photo as Nick út,” said World Press photo in a press release. “Because of this current doubt, the World Press photo has hung the attribution to Nick út.”
Út, a young Vietnamese photographer who had been an Associated Press employee at the time of the photo, has long been attributed to the fact that children have fled from a Napalm bombing that was carried out by a South Vietnamese plane on their own troops and civilians. The photo was awarded the World Press Foto of the Year in 1973 and a Pulitzer Prize in the same year.
The stringerThe Documentary of the VII Foundation 2024 claimed that the photo was actually taken by Nguyễn Thành NGHệ, a Vietnamese military photographer who was a stringer at that time and was incorrectly prepared.
AP carried out its own almost one-year examination and finally came to the conclusion that “it was not the” final evidence “of AP from AP to change the credit of the 53-year-old photo”.
Bao Nguyen, The stringerThe director published an explanation of the VII Foundation website after the attribution of the attribution of World Press Photo and said that the announcement “signals a turning point”.
“This film is also about power – who can be seen who thinks and who can write history,” said Nguyens’s explanation. “It confirms the need to see the stories that we thought we knew.”
James Hornstein, lawyer, denied the film’s claims.
He told The Associated Press that after a first contact, his customer had not yet spoken to World Press Foto The stringer was released. “It seems that they had already decided to punish Nick Ut from the start,” he said. Hornstein did not immediately answer a request from CBC News.
In his publication, World Press Photo said: “The photo itself remains undisputed” and emphasized that the World Press Photo Award, which it received for the historical moment, remains “a fact”.
“This remains a controversial story, and it is possible that the author of the photo will never be fully confirmed. The termination of the authorship description is not complete.”
