US EditionPhoto Group Says It Has 'Suspended Attribution' of Historic Vietnam Picture because of Doubts
- World Press Photo suspended its 1973 photo of the year attribution to Nick Ut of The Associated Press due to doubts about the photo's authorship.
- The suspension followed the release of a Friday report and a movie called The Stringer that questioned Ut's authorship of the Vietnam War image.
- The image capturing Kim Phuc, a young girl fleeing a napalm attack exposed and visibly distressed, became a powerful emblem of the war's horrors; however, an investigation by World Press Photo suggested that two other photographers might have been in a more favorable position to capture the scene.
- Joumana El Zein Khoury, who leads World Press Photo, stated that the uncertainties surrounding the photo are too great to uphold the current attribution, whereas the AP reported finding no justification to remove credit from Ut.
- The Associated Press and Pulitzer administrators see insufficient proof to reassign authorship and do not expect further action, leaving Ut's Pulitzer Prize intact despite the ongoing dispute.
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Photo group has ’suspended attribution’ of historic 'Napalm Girl' photo
An organization that honoured The Associated Press' Nick Ut with its "photo of the year" in 1973 for a picture of a girl running from a napalm attack in the Vietnam War says it has "suspended its attribution" to Ut because of doubts over who actually took it.
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Photo group says it has 'suspended attribution' of historic Vietnam picture because of doubts
There's more muddle now to an issue that has split the photographic community. An organization that honored The Associated Press' Nick Ut with its “photo of the year” in 1973 for an iconic image of a naked girl running from a napalm attack during the Vietnam War now says it has “suspended its attrib
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“La niña Del Napalm”: World Press Photo Suspends the Attribution of the Famous Image to the Winner of the Pulitzer Huynh Cong Ut
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World Press Photo Removes Original Photographer's Name From 'Napalm Girl' Photo After Own Investigation
World Press Photo has officially removed the name of photographer Nick Ut from the iconic photo of the 'napalm girl'. For years it was assumed that he took the photo, but recently doubts arose when a local photographer from Vietnam came forward with a claim. World Press Photo then started its own investigation, with this result.
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