Thursday 7 October 2010

O.Ont


For a spacecraft it's a little bit different, but that perfect once in a lifetime photo rarely comes for most people. Maybe you've had it but missed it because you left your camera at home, or maybe you were just too slow. I'm talking about the kind of photo that you can look at all day and never get bored of it. Maybe its the shot that will make you a small fortune one day.

The iconic photo of O.Ont as she runs naked down the road after being severely burned on her back after a napalm attack is a prime example. The Pulitzer Prize winning photograph taken in 1972 by Nick Ut, it shows the horrific civilian casualties suffered as a result of the Vietnam war, a scene rarely seen by the rest of the world.

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