Kim Phuc, who later resettled in Canada and raised a family there, had met the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio several years ago in his native Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she had travelled as part of her work as a goodwill ambassador for the U. Do you remember we met each other in Buenos Aires? Such images have a potent effect on Francis: He has previously handed out pocket-sized copies of another wartime photograph of a young Nagasaki boy carrying his dead brother on his back that was taken by an American military photographer during World War II. Francis, who named himself after the peace-loving St. Ut was only 21 when he took the Vietnam photo, then set his camera aside to rush the 9-year-old Kim Phuc to a hospital, where doctors saved her life. Ut later became a AP photographer based in Los Angeles, photographing A-list celebrities until he retired from the news agency in
‘Napalm Girl’ at 50: How Media Myths Distort an Image’s Reality and Exaggerate Its Impact
Retired AP photographer Ut gives pope ‘Napalm Girl’ photo
Kim Phuc Phan Thi, the girl from the famous picture, recently revealed why she hated the photo for years. She only has flashes of memories from that day now, but she recalls that there were explosions and excruciating pain. She also reveals how she detested the picture for years but is thankful to the photographer now. The foundation provides aid to child victims of war around the globe.
In a clash between a democratically elected leader and the social media giant over how to patrol the Internet, Erna Solberg said Facebook was editing history by erasing images of the photograph of children running from a bombed village. Facebook erased the photograph when Solberg and other ministers in her right-wing cabinet posted it on their Facebook pages, citing its guidelines banning child nudity. Soldberg had posted the image on Friday in a protest after Facebook had already erased the photo from sites of Norwegian authors and the daily Aftenposten. Captured by Pulitzer Prize-winner Nick Ut of the Associated Press, the image of screaming children running from a napalm attack shows a naked 9-year-old girl at its center. Solberg said Facebook's ban put unacceptable limits on freedom of speech.
Retired Associated Press photographer Nick Ut has met with Pope Francis and gave him a copy of his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of a young Vietnamese girl running naked down the road after a napalm attack. Kim Phuc, who later resettled in Canada and raised a family there, had met the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio several years ago in his native Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she had travelled as part of her work as a goodwill ambassador for the U. Do you remember we met each other in Buenos Aires? Such images have a potent effect on Francis: He has previously handed out pocket-sized copies of another wartime photograph of a young Nagasaki boy carrying his dead brother on his back that was taken by an American military photographer during World War II. Francis, who named himself after the peace-loving St.
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