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.

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

The authorship of the Napalm Girl photo is in doubt after ... The investigation also determined the photo was taken with a Pentax camera—the type of camera Nguyen was using—not the Leica ...

But who was behind the camera? The New York Times / Benjamin Mullin / May 19, 2025 “…a documentary that premiered early this year, ‘The Stringer,’ set off investigations into the creator of the ...

The image, captured 53 years ago this weekend during the Vietnam War, galvanized the anti-war movement in the U.S. But a new documentary raises questions about who was behind the camera.

The photo is indelible, and its importance unmistakable: a Vietnamese girl burned by napalm, naked and screaming, her arms outstretched in despair.

The image, captured 53 years ago this weekend during the Vietnam War, galvanized the anti-war movement in the U.S. But a new documentary raises questions about who was behind the camera.

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.

The image, captured 53 years ago this weekend during the Vietnam War, galvanized the anti-war movement in the U.S. But a new documentary raises questions about who was behind the camera.