Nick Ut

Vietnamese photographer · Vietnam · On the map · Artists · Born 1951 · age 75

Huỳnh Công Út, known professionally as Nick Ut, is a Vietnamese-American photographer who worked for the Associated Press in Los Angeles.

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A life in dates

2021National Medal of ArtsAward2014Lucie AwardAward1973Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News PhotographyAward1972George Polk AwardAwardWorld Press Photo of the YearAward1951Born29 March 1951

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Nick Ut in 2015

The Terror of War was awarded World Press Photo of the Year in 1973.

Awards

National Medal of Arts2021

Lucie Award2014

Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography1973

George Polk Award1972

World Press Photo of the Year1972

Pulitzer Prize for Photography

About this person

He won both the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography and the 1973 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. 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. Ut retired in 2017. Examples of his work may be found in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Country

Vietnam