World Press Photo No Longer Dares to Say Who Taked the World-Famous Photo of the Girl Fleeing Napalm Bombs Duration the Vietnam War. The Foundation is Therefore Removing the Name of the Vietnamese American photographer Nick út from the photo.
The Terror of War was made in 1972. The photo shows a nine-year-old girl fleeeing a bombing of napalm incendiary bombs in Trang Bang. She Walks Naked and SeriOutly Injured Through The Street.
The Photo Became an Iconic Image of the Atrocities Duration the Vietnam War. World Press Photo Chose The Photo As Photo of the Year in 1973.
It has long leg assumed that the photo was tasks by photographer út of press agency ap . But in January of this year, photographer nguyen thanh nghe claimed in the documentary the stringer that he was the maker of the photo. World Press Photo then Launched An Investigation to Find Out What Is True of the Various Claims.
After Investigation, The Foundation Cannot Say With Certainty Who Tak The Photo, But Believes That The Evidence Points More To Nghe As The Maker of the Photo. But there is also a Chance that another photographer Tok the photo. That emerged in a research by press agency ap , which is also trying to find out white nghe’s claim is correct.
Doubt about the real photographer
World Press Photo Has Therefore decided to remove út’s name from the credits of the photo due to the great doubt. “It is Possible That the Maker of the Photo Will Never Be Confirmed,” The Foundation Writes.
AP HAS A Different Point of View. Accordance to the press agency, there is no definitive proof that út is not the photographer and still attributes the photo to him.
Despite the Doubt About the Maker, World Press Photo Has No Doubt about the Value of the Photo. The Awarded Prize from 1973 Will Therefore Remain.