Netflix film challenges authorship of Vietnam War-era AP photo "Napalm Girl"
Summary
A Netflix documentary questions who took the famous "Napalm Girl" photo from the Vietnam War. The film suggests that local freelance journalist Nguyễn Thành Nghệ might have taken the photo, not Nick Ut, who is credited by the Associated Press (AP). The AP reviewed the claims but decided to keep Ut as the credited photographer.Key Facts
- The "Napalm Girl" photo, taken in 1972, shows a young Vietnamese girl fleeing a napalm attack.
- The photo is credited to AP photographer Nick Ut and won a Pulitzer Prize.
- A Netflix film suggests that Nguyễn Thành Nghệ took the photo but was not credited.
- The AP reviewed the claims due to the documentary and concluded that no evidence proves Nghệ took the photo.
- Key figures, including other photographers, dispute the film's claims.
- Nghệ claims he took the photo and was upset about lack of recognition and credit.
- Many journalists from that era stand by Ut’s authorship of the photo.
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