One of the most striking images taken during the Vietnam War may have been attributed to the wrong photographer. Back in 1973, World Press Photo selected the Associated Press’ Nick Ut’s “The ...

More than 100 photojournalists died from the mid-1950s to 1975 in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, including Robert Capa, one of World War II’s most admired figures, and Larry Burrows, a photo-essay ...

World Press Photo also pointed to ongoing questions over equipment. The AP has previously said it is “likely” the photo was taken using a Pentax camera, which Nghe is known to have used.

The local celebration is part of a decades-long, nationwide photography project led by Thomas Sanders, who began the effort ...

In 1973 the image earned the Pulitzer Prize and was named World Press Photo of the Year. For over 50 years, it has been attributed to Út, a Vietnamese AP staff photographer.

Some claimed the photo was originally captured in 1916, while others said it was from 1918 and showed a "tribute to the 8 million Horses, Donkeys, and Mules that lost their lives during World War ...