Documentary Challenges Attribution of Iconic 'Napalm Girl' Photograph
A new documentary titled 'The Stringer' has sparked controversy by questioning the attribution of the iconic 1972 photograph known as 'Napalm Girl.' The photograph, which depicts a young girl, Phan Thi Kim Phuc, fleeing a napalm attack in Vietnam, was taken by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut, who won a Pulitzer Prize for it. However, the documentary suggests that a freelance stringer, Nguyen Thanh Nghe, may have actually taken the photograph but was not credited. The film, released on Netflix, investigates this claim, but some journalists, including David Burnett, who were present at the scene, dispute the documentary's conclusions. Burnett, a photojournalist, recalls the events of that day and maintains that Ut was the one who captured the image. The Associated Press conducted an investigation following the documentary's release and found no reason to change the attribution from Ut. 
