The organisation, which awards one of the world’s most prestigious photojournalism prizes, said it carried out its own investigation into the haunting 1972 photo -- which shows a nine-year-old girl fleeing naked from a napalm strike -- after the premiere of the film “The Stringer”.
World Press Photo, which awarded its Photo of the Year prize to Ut in 1973 for the black-and-white image -- whose official title is “The Terror of War” -- said the film had “prompted deep reflection” at the organisation.
“World Press Photo has suspended the attribution of ‘The Terror of War’ to Nick Ut, from today,“ it said in a statement.
The Amsterdam-based organisation named the two other potential authors as Nguyen Thanh Nghe and Huynh Cong Phuc, both present for the infamous scene in the southern village of Trang Bang on June 8, 1972.
AP, which said earlier this month it would continue crediting the photo to Ut, said in a statement it stood by that decision.
“We have found that it is impossible to prove exactly what happened that day on the road or in the bureau over 50 years ago,“ it said.
The girl in the picture, Kim Phuc, survived her injuries, and is today a Canadian citizen and outspoken advocate for child war victims.
“It is without question that this photograph represents a real moment in history that continues to reverberate in Vietnam, the United States, and globally,“ said executive director Joumana El Zein Khoury.
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