The Stringer: the man who took the photo

[xdman]

As a photographer, I am always watching out for photography related movies or documentaries.

the stringer the man who took the photo (Netflix), is about recent revelations from someone who was an AP Photo editor back in Saigon during the war. Specifically about the famous photo “napalm girl” that was credited to AP photographer Nick Ut. Who since has rode that photo to fame and won the Pulitzer prize. Well it turns out that he may not have taken the photo, but was actually taken by another Vietnamese photographer, who sold the photo to the AP. I say may, because I would tell others watch it and come to your own conclusions. But after seeing the forensic evidence, man the AP has been weaving the narrative then, same as they are now. The news and media have always pushed a narrative.
"You furnish the pictures, and I'll furnish the war!" William Randolph Hearst

For a great photography movie, its hard to beat the Bang Bang Club

 

[shanneba]

Back in the film days it was common for a photo to be attributed to the wrong photographer.

Now AP uses a program to check the serial number of the camera in the digital photo, and still, they get it wrong sometimes. Maybe not AP as much but local papers still do.

 

[bc22wm]

JMHO. Based on the number of Netflix" originals about how some murderer, rapist, etc. that is the victim because he didn't get a fair trial, was railroaded, was justified because of supposed abuse, etc. add in D B Cooper where are you, I wouldn't trust Netflix on anything. Plus we all know that no male of any race raised in the western culture ever did anything, but rape pillage burn and steal others' glory/ideas.
Nope won't watch even if Netflix is "right" they are still full of

 

[Blackmesa96]

I find myself leaning toward the position of bc22wm here. Our society has become so politically charged that one must consider the political leanings of the one doing reporting. I agree there is a large degree of hatred toward Western civilization and those cultures that influenced it.

I tend to avoid documentaries in general and many "news" organizations for these very reasons. Sadly, you can often discern how a story will unfold by noting the source of that story first.

This preconceived bias doesn't help me, or anyone else for that matter. I would like to know how others think, and, more importantly, why so. The concept of objectivity has been removed from the news apparatus for some time and replaced with opinion.

Truth is, objectivity may never have existed. We may have been the target of propaganda for some time now. The Internet and access to information, however slanted it may be, has allowed those who are willing to acknowledge the fact to see that.