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CairoScene
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CairoScene
Amina Kadous Selected for Joop Swart Masterclass by World Press Photo
Egyptian artist Amina Kadous joins 12 others from the MENA region for the mentorship programme in documentary photography. May 27, 2025 Egyptian visual artist Amina Kadous has been selected as one of 13 participants in the 2025 edition of the Joop Swart Masterclass, the flagship educational initiative of the World Press Photo Foundation. The programme, now in its second year with a specific focus on the Middle East and North Africa region, is supported by the Porticus Foundation and aims to nurture promising talent in photojournalism and visual storytelling. Kadous will join other selected photographers in a six-month journey that includes remote mentoring, an intensive workshop in Amsterdam in November, and a series of public presentations in each participant's home region. The 2025 masterclass targets visual artists with five to 10 years of professional experience, providing them with personalised feedback, guidance from seasoned mentors, and exposure to global networks in the field of documentary photography. Known for her deeply personal yet politically resonant projects, Kadous often weaves archival materials with contemporary imagery to question the permanence of identity and the ways history is constructed. Her inclusion in the programme reflects her growing international recognition, having recently been nominated for prestigious awards such as the Madame Figaro Photography Award.
Sydney Morning Herald
19-05-2025
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘Napalm Girl' was in the photo. But who was behind the camera?
The photo is indelible, and its importance unmistakable: a Vietnamese girl burned by napalm, naked and screaming, her arms outstretched in despair. It drove home the consequences of the Vietnam War to readers in the United States, where it won a Pulitzer Prize. But who took the photo, widely known as Napalm Girl? That is the question dividing the photojournalism community 53 years after it was taken. The image, from a road in the village of Trang Bang, has been credited to Nick Ut, a photographer who worked for The Associated Press. In the decades since, Ut has repeatedly talked publicly, in interviews and elsewhere, about his role in capturing the photo and his later friendship with its subject, Kim Phuc Phan Thi. Yet, a documentary that premiered this year, The Stringer, set off investigations into the creator of the image. The film argues that a freelance photographer took the image and that an AP photo editor misattributed it to Ut. On Friday, the World Press Photo Foundation, a prominent international non-profit, weighed in. It said that a months-long investigation had found that two other photojournalists 'may have been better positioned to take the photograph than Nick Ut', and it was suspending his credit for the image. That means the credit and caption in its online archives will be updated to include the doubts raised by its investigation. Ut's lawyer, James Hornstein, has repeatedly disputed the film's claims and called them 'defamatory'. He said in a statement that the World Press Photo decision was 'deplorable and unprofessional' and 'reveals how low the organisation has fallen'. Hornstein declined to make Ut available for an interview. Loading The AP, after spending nearly a year investigating, said this month that it would continue to credit the photo to Ut. A lengthy report from the investigation said he was in position to take the photo and cites evidence to support that position, but concluded that no proof had been found. It also says other photographers were in position to take the photo, but there's no proof they did, either. 'As our report explains in great detail, there's simply not enough hard evidence or fact to remove the credit from Nick Ut, and it's impossible for anyone to know with certainty how exactly things played out on the road in the space of a few minutes over half a century ago,' said Derl McCrudden, the AP's vice president and head of global news production.
The Age
19-05-2025
- The Age
‘Napalm Girl' was in the photo. But who was behind the camera?
The photo is indelible, and its importance unmistakable: a Vietnamese girl burned by napalm, naked and screaming, her arms outstretched in despair. It drove home the consequences of the Vietnam War to readers in the United States, where it won a Pulitzer Prize. But who took the photo, widely known as Napalm Girl? That is the question dividing the photojournalism community 53 years after it was taken. The image, from a road in the village of Trang Bang, has been credited to Nick Ut, a photographer who worked for The Associated Press. In the decades since, Ut has repeatedly talked publicly, in interviews and elsewhere, about his role in capturing the photo and his later friendship with its subject, Kim Phuc Phan Thi. Yet, a documentary that premiered this year, The Stringer, set off investigations into the creator of the image. The film argues that a freelance photographer took the image and that an AP photo editor misattributed it to Ut. On Friday, the World Press Photo Foundation, a prominent international non-profit, weighed in. It said that a months-long investigation had found that two other photojournalists 'may have been better positioned to take the photograph than Nick Ut', and it was suspending his credit for the image. That means the credit and caption in its online archives will be updated to include the doubts raised by its investigation. Ut's lawyer, James Hornstein, has repeatedly disputed the film's claims and called them 'defamatory'. He said in a statement that the World Press Photo decision was 'deplorable and unprofessional' and 'reveals how low the organisation has fallen'. Hornstein declined to make Ut available for an interview. Loading The AP, after spending nearly a year investigating, said this month that it would continue to credit the photo to Ut. A lengthy report from the investigation said he was in position to take the photo and cites evidence to support that position, but concluded that no proof had been found. It also says other photographers were in position to take the photo, but there's no proof they did, either. 'As our report explains in great detail, there's simply not enough hard evidence or fact to remove the credit from Nick Ut, and it's impossible for anyone to know with certainty how exactly things played out on the road in the space of a few minutes over half a century ago,' said Derl McCrudden, the AP's vice president and head of global news production.
Daily Express
18-05-2025
- Daily Express
Photographer of ‘napalm girl' unclear: World Press Photo
Published on: Sunday, May 18, 2025 Published on: Sun, May 18, 2025 Text Size: Vietnam War survivor Kim Phuc Phan Thi (left), also known as the 'Napalm Girl', poses with photojournalist Nick Ut holding his 1972 Pulitzer Prize and World Press Photo award-winning photograph in San Jos é, Spain, April 12, 2023. (Pic: Malay Mail) AMSTERDAM: The World Press Photo Foundation has suspended the author attribution for the iconic 'Napalm Girl' photograph taken during the Vietnam War, citing doubts over who captured the photo, some 50 years on, German Press Agency (dpa) reported. The photographer's name will not be used until the matter has been clarified, the organisation announced in Amsterdam on Friday, following a thorough analysis of the photograph. Advertisement The 1972 photo, officially called 'The Terror of War,' shows a 9-year-old girl running naked and screaming towards the camera lens after a napalm attack in Vietnam. It was named 1973 World Press Photo of the Year and is now considered a global symbol of the atrocities of war. The photograph has long been credited to Nick Ut, who was 21 at the time. He worked for the AP news agency and drove the injured girl, Phan Thi Kim Phuc, to the hospital in Saigon after the attack, where she received treatment for months. However, a documentary released this year raised doubts about the photographer, suggesting that it was more likely that a freelance AP employee captured the scene. Advertisement He is said to have received US$20 for the picture. The World Press Photo Foundation launched an investigation in response. After analysing the location, the distance of the photographer and the camera used, it concluded that there was a strong possibility that one of two other employees, Nguyễn Thành Nghệ or Huỳnh Công Phúc, had pressed the shutter button instead. The foundation's director, Joumana El Zein Khoury, stressed that the authenticity of the photograph was undisputed. * Follow us on Instagram and join our Telegram and/or WhatsApp channel(s) for the latest news you don't want to miss. * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
Boston Globe
17-05-2025
- Boston Globe
Photo group says it has ‘suspended attribution' of historic Vietnam picture because of doubts
Advertisement World Press Photo said its probe found that two other photographers — Nguyen Thanh Nghe, the man mentioned in 'The Stringer,' and Huynh Cong Phuc — 'may have been better positioned' to take the shot. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up 'We conclude that the level of doubt is too significant to maintain the existing attribution,' said Joumana El Zein Khoury, executive director of World Press Photo. 'At the same time, lacking conclusive evidence pointing definitively to another photographer, we cannot reassign authorship, either.' World Press Photo, an organization whose awards are considered influential in photography, won't attempt to recover the cash award given to Ut, a spokeswoman said. Ut's lawyer, James Hornstein, said his client hadn't spoken to World Press Photo after some initial contact before 'The Stringer' was released. 'It seems they had already made up their mind to punish Nick Ut from the start,' he said. Advertisement Gary Knight, a producer of 'The Stringer,' is a four-time judge of the World Press Photo awards and was once a consultant to the World Press Photo Foundation. The AP said Friday that its standards 'require proof and certainty to remove a credit and we have found that it is impossible to prove exactly what happened that day on the road or in the (AP) bureau over 50 years ago.' 'We understand World Press Photo has taken different action based on the same available information, and that is their prerogative,' the statement said. 'There is no question over AP's ownership of the photo.' Meanwhile, the Pulitzer Prize that Ut won for the photo appears safe. The Pulitzers depend on news agencies who enter the awards to determine authorship, and administrator Marjorie Miller — a former AP senior editor — pointed to the AP's study showing insufficient proof to withdraw credit. 'The board does not anticipate future action at this time,' she said Friday.
