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Nick Ut Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Netflix Over 'The Stringer' Documentary

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Nick Ut have filed a criminal defamation lawsuit in France against Netflix and the VII Foundation over claims made in 'The Stringer'.

Dave Burnett Says 'The Stringer' Used His Photos Without Permission or Attribution

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Photographer David Burnett not only sternly rebukes the findings of the documentary, but also asserts it used his photos without permission.

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographer Neal Ulevich Makes Sharp Rebuke of 'The Stringer'

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Pulitzer Prize-winning Photographer Neal Ulevich has written a remarkable rebuke of 'The Stringer', and the key player who drove the film.

400 Photographers Demand World Press Photo Restores Nick Ut's 'Napalm Girl' Credit | PetaPixel

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

400 Photographers Demand World Press Photo Restores Nick Ut’s ‘Napalm Girl’ Credit

There’s a growing rift in the photojournalism space surrounding how different organizations are handling the ‘Napalm Girl’ controversy.

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2025/06/02/400-photographers-demand-world-press-photo-restores-nick-uts-napalm-girl-credit/

Shortly after World Press Photo suspended Nick Ut’s credit for the famous photo, The Terror of War, also known as Napalm Girl, three former Chairs and jurors of the World Press Photo Contest wrote an open letter to World Press Photo, expressing their dismay at the organization’s decision. Now, 400 professional photographers have signed onto that letter.

Acclaimed Photojournalists Rush to Nick Ut's Defense | PetaPixel

Sat, 24 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Acclaimed Photojournalists Rush to Nick Ut’s Defense

Unanswerable questions and a lack of transparency.

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2025/05/23/acclaimed-photojournalists-rush-to-nick-uts-defense/

A week after World Press Photo suspended Nick Ut’s credit on the famous Napalm Girl photo, big names in photojournalism have come to Ut’s defense and attacked The Stringer and the people behind it for a perceived lack of transparency.

https://petapixel.com/2025/05/23/acclaimed-photojournalists-rush-to-nick-uts-defense/

An Open Letter To World Press Photo May 22, 2025 | by Jim Colton | May, 2025 | Medium

Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

An Open Letter To World Press Photo May 22, 2025

To: Joumana El Zein Khoury — Executive Director, World Press Photo

via Medium: https://jimcolton.medium.com/an-open-letter-to-world-press-photo-may-22-2025-ad59763b8759

As former Chairs and jurors of the World Press Photo Contest, we are saddened and deeply troubled by your decision to remove the attribution of Nick Ut as the photographer who took the 1973 World Press Photo of the Year known as “The Terror of War.”

https://jimcolton.medium.com/an-open-letter-to-world-press-photo-may-22-2025-ad59763b8759

The AP Will Not Change Nick Ut's Credit on 'Napalm Girl' Photo | PetaPixel

Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The AP Will Not Change Nick Ut’s Credit on ‘Napalm Girl’ Photo

The investigation was prompted by claims made in a documentary.

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2025/05/06/after-lengthy-investigation-the-ap-will-not-change-nick-uts-credit-on-napalm-girl-photo/

The Associated Press (AP) has released an extensive report looking at whether Nick Ut is the author of the Vietnam War Napalm Girl image. After a detailed investigation, it has decided that it will not change the credit on the famous photograph.

https://petapixel.com/2025/05/06/after-lengthy-investigation-the-ap-will-not-change-nick-uts-credit-on-napalm-girl-photo/

Nick Ut Breaks His Silence on Accusation He Didn't Take 'Napalm Girl' Photo | PetaPixel

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Nick Ut Breaks His Silence on Accusation He Didn’t Take ‘Napalm Girl’ Photo

Nick Ut has broken his silence regarding the controversy of the origins of his photo “The Terror of War,” which some allege he didn’t take.

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2025/02/13/nick-ut-breaks-his-silence-on-accusation-he-didnt-take-napalm-girl-photo/

“More than 50 years later, I cannot understand why Mr. Carl Robinson, a fellow employee of the AP in Saigon at the time, would make up a story and claim I did not take that iconic photo, The Terror or War aka Napalm Girl,” he writes.

Who Really Took the Famous “Napalm Girl” Photograph? | Vanity Fair

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Who Really Took the Famous “Napalm Girl” Photograph?

A new Sundance documentary, which questions the provenance of a Vietnam War icon, has set off a pitched battle between photojournalists and the filmmakers.

via Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/napalm-girl-photograph

A new Sundance documentary, which questions the provenance of a Vietnam War icon, has set off a pitched battle between photojournalists and the filmmakers.

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/napalm-girl-photograph

Documentary Names Photographer it Claims Really Took 'Napalm Girl' Image | PetaPixel

Sun, 26 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Documentary Names Photographer it Claims Really Took ‘Napalm Girl’ Image

‘The Stringer’ refutes Nuck Ut’s authorship of the image.

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2025/01/26/documentary-names-photographer-it-claims-really-took-napalm-girl-image/

The girl in the photo Kim Phuc calls the documentary an “outrageous and false attack on Nick Ut” adding she would “never participate in the Gary Knight film because I know it is false.”

https://petapixel.com/2025/01/26/documentary-names-photographer-it-claims-really-took-napalm-girl-image/

'Napalm Girl' Photographer Nick Ut Talks About the Facebook Controversy

Fri, 16 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000

‘Napalm Girl’ Photographer Nick Ut Talks About the Facebook Controversy

It seems like everybody has chimed in about the Facebook censorship controversy surrounding Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Nick Ut’s photo “Terror of

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2016/09/15/napalm-girl-photographer-nick-ut-talks-facebook-controversy/

“That picture shows tragedy, not nudity,” says Ut. “Everyone in the world, my fans, supported me […] I’m thankful for everyone’s support.”

From Vietnam to Los Angeles: Photographer who captured iconic image on one road sees end of another - LA Times

Mon, 22 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000

From Vietnam to Los Angeles: Photographer who captured iconic image on one road sees end of another

Nick Ut stood on a road in a village just outside of Saigon when he spotted the girl — naked, scorched by napalm and screaming as she ran.

via Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-nick-ut-adv-snap-story.html

Almost a half century later, Ut is driving east of Los Angeles International Airport, past the Forum in Inglewood where he once photographed Lakers games during the “Showtime” era. He has lived in L.A. for more of his life than in his native Vietnam. He knows its streets so well he never uses a GPS or maps.

Nick Ut Announces Upcoming Retirement: “Nicky Didn’t Go To The War, The War Came To Him” | NPPA

Wed, 13 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Nick Ut Announces Upcoming Retirement: “Nicky Didn’t Go To The War, The War Came To Him”

Legendary photojournalist Nick Ut has announced his upcoming retirement from The Associated Press after 51 years.

via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/nick-ut-announces-upcoming-retirement-%E2%80%9Cnicky-didn%E2%80%99t-go-war-war-came-him%E2%80%9D

“I shipped all my AP cameras to New York,” Ut told News Photographer magazine tonight. “After 51 years I have a lot of vacation time to take before I retire,” he said with a big laugh. “I’m going to be taking a lot of days off until the end of the year.”

Photographer Who Took Iconic Vietnam Photo Looks Back, 40 Years After the War Ended | Vanity Fair

Sat, 04 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Photographer Who Took Iconic Vietnam Photo Looks Back, 40 Years After the War Ended

Nick Ut’s photo of Kim Phuc was a transformative moment in a horrible conflict.

via Vanity Fair: http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/04/vietnam-war-napalm-girl-photo-today

Nick Ut’s photo of Kim Phuc was a transformative moment in a horrible conflict.

Nick Ut - Leica Hall of Fame Award 2012

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Leica Portrait: Nick Ut - Leica Hall of Fame Award 2012

Nick Ut is an AP photographer. From the beginning of his career, he has used Leica cameras. His life work has took him to Vietnam, where he captured a war image…

via Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/49344540

Nick Ut is an AP photographer. From the beginning of his career, he has used Leica cameras. His life work has took him to Vietnam, where he captured a war image that had such an impact, it stopped the war. Watch the story behind the famous photograph “The Napalm Girl”.