Editing Nick Ut (section)

{{Short description|Vietnamese-American photographer and photojournalist}}
{{family name hatnote|Huỳnh|Ut (Út)|Huynh|lang=Vietnamese}}
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{{Infobox person
| name        = Nick Ut
| image       = Nick Ut speaks with the press (cropped).jpg
| caption     = Ut in 2016 holding a copy of ''[[The Terror of War]]''
| birth_name  = Huỳnh Công Út
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1951|3|29}}
| birth_place = Bình Quới, [[Châu Thành district, Long An province|Châu Thành]], [[Long An Province|Long An]], [[State of Vietnam]], [[French Union]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://laodong.vn/van-hoa-giai-tri/cung-nick-ut-ve-tham-noi-chon-nhau-cat-ron-610931.ldo |title= Cùng Nick Út về thăm nơi chôn nhau cắt rốn |author= Kỳ Quan |language= vi |work= Báo Lao Động |date= June 4, 2018 |access-date= March 19, 2024 |archive-date= March 19, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240319182041/https://laodong.vn/van-hoa-giai-tri/cung-nick-ut-ve-tham-noi-chon-nhau-cat-ron-610931.ldo |url-status=live}}<br/>{{cite web|url= https://thanhnien.vn/nick-ut-tham-lai-que-xua-18569529.htm |title= Nick Út thăm lại quê xưa |author= Hoàng Phương |language= vi |work= [[Thanh Niên]] |date= April 2, 2012 |access-date= March 19, 2024 |archive-date= March 19, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240319181953/https://thanhnien.vn/nick-ut-tham-lai-que-xua-18569529.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| occupation  = [[Photojournalism]]
| citizenship = American
| credits     = [[Pulitzer Prize]]<br/>[[World Press Photo]]<br/>[[National Medal of Arts]]
}}

'''Huỳnh Công Út''', known professionally as '''Nick Ut''' (born March 29, 1951),<ref>{{cite web|url= https://leicagalleryla.com/gallery-view/nick-ut-from-hell-to-hollywood/ |title= Nick Ut "From Hell to Hollywood" |work= Leica Gallery Los Angeles |access-date= March 19, 2024 |archive-date= March 19, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240319162539/https://leicagalleryla.com/gallery-view/nick-ut-from-hell-to-hollywood/ |url-status=live}}</ref> is a Vietnamese-American photographer who worked for the [[Associated Press]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Journalism|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediajour00ster_321|url-access=limited|last=Hudson|first=Berkley|publisher=SAGE|year=2009|isbn=978-0-7619-2957-4|editor-last=Sterling|editor-first=Christopher H.|location=Thousand Oaks, Calif.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediajour00ster_321/page/n1094 1060]–67}}</ref> He won both the 1973 [[Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography]] and the 1973 [[World Press Photo|World Press Photo of the Year]] for the 1972 photograph ''[[The Terror of War]]'', depicting children running away from a [[napalm]] bombing attack during the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/274 |title=Spot News Photography |website=The Pulitzer Prizes |access-date=July 31, 2018}}</ref> Since the release of the documentary [[The Stringer]] in 2025, the authorship of the photograph has been disputed; the documentary identified Nguyễn Thành Nghệ as the author, AP stood with the attribution to Ut, and [[World Press Photo]] suspended the authorship attribution until more evidence is available.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldpressphoto.org/news/2025/authorship-attribution-suspended-for-the-terror-of-war|title=Authorship attribution suspended for 'The Terror of War' photograph &#124; World Press Photo }}</ref> In 2017, he retired.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.detroitnews.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2017/03/13/associated-press-photographer-nick-ut-to-retire/99151422/ |title= Associated Press photographer Nick Ut to retire |work= [[The Detroit News]] |date= March 13, 2017 |access-date= March 19, 2024 |archive-date= March 19, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240319160207/https://www.detroitnews.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2017/03/13/associated-press-photographer-nick-ut-to-retire/99151422/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Examples of his work may be found in the collection of the [[National Gallery of Art]] in Washington, DC.<ref name="nga">{{cite web|url= https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.44453.html |title= Nick Ut |work= [[National Gallery of Art]] |access-date= May 13, 2024 |archive-date= May 13, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240513112220/https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.44453.html |url-status=live}}</ref>