I attended a screening the other day (June 15) of “The Stringer,” a provocative film that challenges authorship of the famous ...

Napalm Girl controversy: photographer stripped of authorship as "the level of doubt is too significant" Kim Bunermann. Fri, May 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM UTC. 4 min read.

The "Napalm Girl' photo, as it became known, led to a Pulitzer Prize for Associated Press staffer Nick Ut. In recent months, however, controversy about who shot that photo has rocked the ...

The girl in the photograph, Kim Phúc Phan Thị, defected to Canada some decades later. In 2022, she penned an op-ed in The New York Times, looking back on the 50 years since the picture was ...

The ‘Napalm Girl’ photo shocked the world. But who took it? The image, captured 53 years ago this weekend during the Vietnam War, galvanized the anti-war movement in the U.S.

Who Really Took the Iconic “Napalm Girl” Photo? Director of New Doc Addresses the Controversy (Exclusive) Since its premiere at Sundance, 'The Stringer' has led to a divisive re-examination of ...

The Associated Press won’t change ‘Napalm Girl’ photo credit. A documentary called “The Stringer” called into question whether Nick Ut actually took the famous photograph in Vietnam.

The journey of the photo most famously known as Napalm Girl has been complex. In 1973, Nick Ut received both the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography and the World Press Photo of the Year.

‘Napalm Girl’ Was in the Photo. But Who Was Behind the Camera? Questions about the credit for a famous photograph from the Vietnam War have divided the photojournalism community for months.

In May 1971, more than a year before “Napalm Girl,” 61 percent of respondents said they opposed the war. That number remained largely unchanged until the war was over.