Friday 13 September 2013



The image taken by Nick Ut on June 8th, 1972, shows crying children running away from their village after a Napalm aerial attack by South Vietnamese Forces.It’s a disturbing image; one that shakes us to our core. The main subject in the shot is nine year old Kim Phuc; running, , wailing the words “Too hot, too hot”, crying and naked. As she was hit by the burning Napalm, it raced up her body and incinerated her clothing on contact. It burnt through the layers of her skin all over her back, leaving her heavily scarred to this day. I chose this photo by Nick Ut to analyse becuse i think it shows action very well.  It only took a second for  the photographer Huynh Cong Ut to snap the iconic black-and-white image 40 years ago. I  think  It communicated with the horrors of the Vietnam War in a way words could never describe, helping to end one of the most divisive wars in American history. Amazingly, he toke the photo at the perfect time conveying the perfect emotions instantly. Looking at the shocked and terrified faces of the children running away from their village that in on fire in the background of the photo really makes me emotionally sad because the expressions they show in the image makes me imagin what tough and terrifying experience they had to go through at such a young age.

 



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