Napalm Girl Analysis
The naked nine-year-old girl in the iconic Vietnam War photo used to hate the picture -- until she began to think about what the photograph could give rather than what it could take away, then later found that it was a "path to peace."
"I realized that if I couldn't escape that picture, I wanted to go back to work with that picture for peace. And that is my choice," said Kim Phuc, the girl in the iconic photo, according to a report from CNN.
On June 8, 1972, AP Photographer Nick Ut photographed children fleeing from a Napalm bombing during the Vietnam War. In the center of the frame running towards the camera was the 9-year-old girl "Napalm Girl," disclosed AP Images. In 1973, Ut won the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography for capturing the image "The Terror of War."
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Phuc also started the Kim Foundation International, a charity that helps children suffering from war. Its mission is to help the most underprivileged children suffering from war -- building hospitals, schools and homes for children who have been orphaned.
Blessing in disguise
Without the photograph, the girl would not survive, Ut said in an interview with Vanity Fair.
"After her picture came out on the front pages of so many newspapers, doctors from around the world volunteered to help her. It’s so lucky that she was photographed. If not, she would have died," Ut stated.
Going back in 1972, Phuc and her family were in a temple when they heard planes overhead. Fearing that they would be bombed, they ran outside for safety. The bombs delivered napalm, a flammable liquid that clings to human skin, causing horrific burns when ignited.
Phuc suffered because of intense heat and excruciating pain. She pulled burning clothes from her body and ran.
Moments later, Ut. then a 21-year-old photojournalist, started taking pictures as Phuc and the other children ran -- that's when he took the photograph of his
"I realized that if I couldn't escape that picture, I wanted to go back to work with that picture for peace. And that is my choice," said Kim Phuc, the girl in the iconic photo, according to a report from CNN.
On June 8, 1972, AP Photographer Nick Ut photographed children fleeing from a Napalm bombing during the Vietnam War. In the center of the frame running towards the camera was the 9-year-old girl "Napalm Girl," disclosed AP Images. In 1973, Ut won the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography for capturing the image "The Terror of War."
In …show more content…
Phuc also started the Kim Foundation International, a charity that helps children suffering from war. Its mission is to help the most underprivileged children suffering from war -- building hospitals, schools and homes for children who have been orphaned.
Blessing in disguise
Without the photograph, the girl would not survive, Ut said in an interview with Vanity Fair.
"After her picture came out on the front pages of so many newspapers, doctors from around the world volunteered to help her. It’s so lucky that she was photographed. If not, she would have died," Ut stated.
Going back in 1972, Phuc and her family were in a temple when they heard planes overhead. Fearing that they would be bombed, they ran outside for safety. The bombs delivered napalm, a flammable liquid that clings to human skin, causing horrific burns when ignited.
Phuc suffered because of intense heat and excruciating pain. She pulled burning clothes from her body and ran.
Moments later, Ut. then a 21-year-old photojournalist, started taking pictures as Phuc and the other children ran -- that's when he took the photograph of his