Napalm Girl: 50 years later @ fotografiska June 6th

[filmtwit]

Per Ken Burns: If you are in NYC on June 6th there's a terrific conversation about war and photography at Fotografiska to mark the 50th anniversary of Nick Ut's photograph, Napalm Girl. Nick will be joined by fellow photographers: David Hume Kennerly, James Nachtwey and Maye-E Wong. Moderated by David Friend.

More at https://www.fotografiska.com/nyc/ev...v1yevhgExdX96LJBoOeEy9CWewCGWqyRFKZlFy_4p6dJk

 

[raid]

The horrors of being in a war.

 

[Retro-Grouch]

Fifty years after Nick Ut's photo was made, the same photo could be coming out of Ukraine or a dozen other hell holes, today. Someday, maybe, those photos will stop.

 

[Muggins]

The BBC's John Sargent (spelling?) was a reoprter in Vietnam, and was there as the girl ran down the road. He talked about it in a programme on books - he said that reading Catch-22 in Vietnam kept him sane, because there, Catch-22 made perfect sense. I guess that says it all...

 

[boojum]

The US Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman summed it best, "War is hell."

 

[KoNickon]

She has a name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phan_Thi_Kim_Phuc

 

[furcafe]

10 (!) years ago, David Burnett wrote a nice essay in the Washington Post reflecting on that day.

 

[boojum]

Out of all the photos of the Viet Nam war, and there were many, two stand out and they are shameful. The famous Kim Phuc one and the other is of the head of Security for South Viet Nam summarily executing a captured Viet Cong in the street during the Tet offensive. I have watched and rewatched the PBS special on the Viet Nam war a few times now. And I wonder, all that misery for what?

I am grateful for all those who have recorded war. I wish we had learned from them.