Nick Ut , real name Huin Kong Ut ( Vietnamese. Huỳnh Công Út , born March 29, 1951 ) is an American Associated Press photographer of Vietnamese descent. In 1973, he received the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for photographing The Terror of War (Horror of War, also known as Napalm in Vietnam). In the list of 100 most influential photographs of the XX century , compiled by Columbia University, “Horror of War” is in 41 places.
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Biography
Nick Ut was born in Longan province in Vietnam. From the age of 16, he began working as a photojournalist, like his older brother, Huin Thanh Mи (Vietnamese. Huỳnh Thanh Mỹ), for the Associated Press. The brother died during the Vietnam War, Nick Ut was wounded three times: in the knee, arm, stomach. He is currently a US citizen and lives with his family and two children in Los Angeles, where he works at the headquarters of the Associated Press.
Horror of War
On June 8, 1972, battles were fought between the Viet Cong and the troops of the pro-American South Vietnamese government in the village of Changbang (Tainin Province). Civilians left the village. The pilot of the South Vietnamese Air Force mistakenly mistook them for a Viet Cong soldier and began dropping napalm bombs. The photograph shows nine-year-old Kim Phuk running in tears from her older brother, twelve-year-old Phan Thanh Tam, her younger brother, five-year-old Phan Thanh Phuok, cousins of Ho Wang Bo and Ho Thi Ting. Nick Ut took the children to the hospital. There was a fierce debate at the Associated Press office over the publication of the photograph:
AP Editor rejected a photo of Kim Fook, who was running without clothes, as she was naked. Images of nudity of all sexes and ages were taboo in AP 1972 ... Horst telex convinced the boss in New York that you can make concessions for this photo - provided that not a single close-up image of Kim Fook will be published. New York-based photo editor Hal Buel agreed that the informational value of photography exceeds any prohibitions on nudity. US President Richard Nixon, in a conversation with the Head of the US Presidential Administration, G. R. Haldman, doubted the authenticity of the photograph and suggested that it could be falsified.
Exhibition in Vietnam
For the first time in 32 years after emigrating to the United States from Vietnam, Nick Ut decided to organize an exhibition of his photographs in Ho Chi Minh City. The opening was planned for June 1, 2007. However, the Vietnamese side decided to postpone the exhibition, and on June 3, 2007 Nick Ut returned to America.
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- ↑ RKDartists
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.