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In reply to the discussion: i think we should see all the pictures [View all]Divernan
(15,480 posts)7. Iconic photo of naked Vietnamese girl burned by napalm
was featured on the front page of the New York Times the day after it was taken and inflamed opposition to the war both in the US and abroad. It later earned a Pulitzer Prize and was chosen as the World Press Photo of the Year for 1972. The Times editors were at first hesitant to consider the photo for publication because of the nudity, but eventually approved it.
The U.S. Govt. learned the lesson, since applied, to tightly control the media's access to war coverage. That's why I rely on international press coverage.
After snapping the photograph, Ut took Kim Phuc and the other injured children to Barsky Hospital in Saigon, where it was determined that her burns were so severe that she probably would not survive. After a 14-month hospital stay and 17 surgical procedures, however, she was able to return home. Ut continued to visit her until he was evacuated during the fall of Saigon.[13]
Adult life
As a young adult, while studying medicine, Phúc was removed from her university and used as a propaganda symbol by the communist government of Vietnam. In 1986, however, she was granted permission to continue her studies in Cuba. She had converted from her family's Cao Đài religion to Christianity four years earlier.[11] Phạm Văn Đồng, the then-Prime Minister of Vietnam, became her friend and patron. After arriving in Cuba, she met Bui Huy Toan, another Vietnamese student and her future fiancé. In 1992, Phúc and Toan married and went on their honeymoon in Moscow. During a refuelling stop in Gander, Newfoundland, they left the plane and asked for political asylum in Canada, which was granted. The couple now lives in Ajax, Ontario near Toronto,[12] and have two children. In 1996, Phúc met the surgeons who had saved her life. The following year, she passed the Canadian Citizenship Test with a perfect score and became a Canadian citizen.
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It's not so much the graphic explicitness that works, but the depiction of horrible emotion...
cascadiance
Jul 2014
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