Photographer in dispute over Vietnam War ‘Napalm Girl’ image sues Netflix
The Straits Times
The photographer Nick Ut said the film, The Stringer, had damaged his reputation. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The photojournalist who for more than a half-century was credited with taking a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of a naked girl burned during the Vietnam War has filed a criminal defamation lawsuit in France against Netflix and the makers of a documentary that accuses him of being a fraud.
The photographer Nick Ut said in court documents filed last week that the film, The Stringer, which Netflix released in 2025, had damaged his reputation and brought shame upon him. The film claims that a freelancer named Nguyen Thanh Nghe actually took the 1972 photo, titled The Terror of War.
“These accusations strike at the very core of who I am,” Mr Ut said in a news release. “My entire career has been built on telling the truth, often at great personal risk.”
He was 21 and employed by The Associated Press at the time of the photograph.
He is seeking €100,000 ($148,000) in damages and €20,000 in legal costs.
The widespread debate over the photograph’s origin began in January 2025, when The Stringer premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
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