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calimary

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4. I used to work with Nick Ut while at the AP.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Jun 2, 2022, 01:59 PM

Jun 2022

He’s the nicest guy! So unassuming. Got along with everybody.

I remember covering Cybill Shepherd getting her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I covered entertainment so there I was. And there was a moment when I glanced down and noticed Nick Ut, crouched down on the pavement, shooting photos of the event, right in front of me, literally under the red velvet rope line. And I was blown away by the very idea. Here’s THE guy. THAT guy. THAT guy who shot THAT photo. He won a Pulitzer Prize for it.

And yet, there he was, crouched down under the red rope, getting the shots, like he had done over his long of Cybill Shepherd getting her star on the Walk of Fame. Blew my mind.

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"A single photo can change the world. I know, because I took one that did." [View all] Nevilledog Jun 2022 OP

So glad he also helped her. I often wonder if such photographers put aside their journalist role Karadeniz Jun 2022 #1

I remember reading an article about that "little girl" BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #2

Photos like that are hard to look at. But they do let you see things you might not want to. captain queeg Jun 2022 #3

I used to work with Nick Ut while at the AP. calimary Jun 2022 #4

im conflicted Mosby Jun 2022 #5

She lived, thrived, and forgave utopian Jun 2022 #7

She and Nick Ut are both still alive Another Jackalope Jun 2022 #13

I'm talking about the photo in my post. Mosby Jun 2022 #14

The boy in the photo made it to the feeding station Another Jackalope Jun 2022 #16

... Skittles Jun 2022 #20

Is this about guns ? Becsuse the ones that oppose gun control JI7 Jun 2022 #6

I remember her so well -- and the boy beside her, his face a rictus of utter terror... Hekate Jun 2022 #8

If not photos, Drs telling us over and over again the damage these guns cause to the body. Nevilledog Jun 2022 #11

A thousand doctors yakking would not, and would never, have the impact of one photograph. Nay Jun 2022 #24

It is passed time dai13sy Jun 2022 #21

I was thinking about this photo just a day or two ago. llmart Jun 2022 #22

Hard as they may be to look at, the public needs to see photos of the destruction wrought by guns. Lonestarblue Jun 2022 #9

My memories of this picture are still vivid as is that whole war. Paper Roses Jun 2022 #10

Many, if not most people under 30 were already against that war Warpy Jun 2022 #12

I was 16. The Jungle 1 Jun 2022 #15

Fifty years ago I hoped the picture of Earth from space would change the world. spike jones Jun 2022 #17

That one and Eddie Adams' "Saigon Execution" Another Jackalope Jun 2022 #18

I will NEVER forget sitting in a doctor's office looking at TIME Magazine's My Lai coverage. TygrBright Jun 2022 #19

K&R Blue Owl Jun 2022 #23