Cregger does, however, share some insights into one particular inspiration. When the children of Weapons wake from their beds ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Nick Ut has spoken out against claims that his famous 1972 photo of a terrified child running from a napalm bomb attack on her village during the Vietnam War ...

Kim Phuc is featured in the picture as a 9-year-old girl, fleeing a napalm attack. Until now, his legacy was unchallenged. But a new documentary, The Stringer, calls Ut's photo credit into question.

What the analysis ultimately reveals is a figure, standing far away, probably 60 feet down the road from Kim Phúc — in other words, too far away to have taken the “Napalm Girl” photo.

Since its premiere at Sundance, 'The Stringer' has led to a divisive re-examination of the credit for the Pulitzer Prize–winning 1972 photograph that captured the horrors of the Vietnam War.

‘Napalm Girl’ Was in the Photo. But Who Was Behind the Camera? Questions about the credit for a famous photograph from the Vietnam War have divided the photojournalism community for months.

OPINION The real legacy of ‘Napalm Girl’ The iconic Vietnam War photograph is unforgettable, but its impact was almost nonexistent. By Jeff Jacoby Globe Columnist,Updated May 28, 2025, 3:00 a.m.

Meanwhile, the Napalm Girl photograph continues to haunt First Amendment law. As recently as 2022, an Indiana state appellate judge referenced the photograph in a dissent on a child pornography ...