Lenseman: Witness to History

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The photograph of napalm bomb victim in Vietnam, which made history in the US, and below, the photographer  Nick Ut of Associated Press

Nick UtSOME  NEWS  PHOTOS  CHANGE  HISTORY;  MANY OTHERS  record the making of history.

Having done photography along with reporting in my early days,  I was always interested in news photography.  Journalism books say a picture  is equal to 1000 words. That was why  in my  book, ‘A Town Called Penury – the Changing Culture of Indian Journalism’, I had a chapter on photojournalists.

As I mentioned there,  a photograph that played a major role in making most Americans oppose the Vietnam war and  forced the US  to abandon it,  was of a 9-year old Vietnamese running naked  Continue reading Lenseman: Witness to History