The 'Terror of War' Authorship Conversation Should Go Far Beyond One Photo

Stringers and the balance of power.

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

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

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Photographer Who Was at the Scene of 'Napalm Girl' Says Nick Ut Took the Photo

David Burnett has finally spoken out.

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'The Stringer' Stands to Destroy Reputations | The PetaPixel Podcast

On Friday, November 28, Netflix will premiere a documentary film that challenges the authorship of the most famous war photo ever taken.

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'The Stringer' on Netflix Review: Nobody Is Going to Believe Nick Ut Took 'Napalm Girl' Now

The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo opens with a line: “What you do know is what you didn’t take.” But is that really true?

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Documentary Filmmaker Suggests 'Napalm Girl' Photo Credit Was Changed Out of Loyalty to Nick Ut

And because AP was getting beat on coverage.

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Acclaimed Photojournalists Rush to Nick Ut's Defense

Unanswerable questions and a lack of transparency.

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Who took the #NapalmGirl photo?

AP’s sole interest in conducting an investigation into the famous AP photo, “The Terror of War,” commonly known as “Napalm Girl,” is ensuring authorship of the iconic image is fairly and accurately recorded. AP has historically not shied away from taking a hard look at its past, and that is indeed what The Associated Press has done here.

https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/TerrorOfWarReportUpdate_May2025.pdf

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World Press Photo has announced that it will suspend attribution for The Terror of War (aka Napalm Girl) picture from the Việt Nam War after a documentary put authorship in question.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/the-terror-of-war-napalm-girl-world-press-photo-1.7537482
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World Press Photo a annoncé qu’il vont suspendre l’attribution pour la photo La petite fille au napalm venant de la guerre du Việt Nam après qu’un documentaire a remis en question son auteur.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2165628/world-press-photo-photo-credit-petite-fille-au-napalm

#Vietnam #NapalmGirl #PetiteFilleAuNapalm #TerrorOfWar

World Press Photo suspends credit for historic 'Napalm Girl' photo | CBC News

World Press Photo suspends the authorship attribution of award-winning photograph The Terror of War (1972) after a recent documentary brought it into question.

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

The investigation was prompted by claims made in a documentary.

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