The AP conducted its own investigation and said it has no reason to conclude that no one other than the long-credited photographer, Nick Ut, made the picture. The documentary making the claim is showing at the Sundance Film Festival.

After half a century, a Vietnamese freelance photographer, has claimed he is the real creator of the infamous image, sold for $20 and credited to an AP staff photographer

After a half-century of public silence, a freelance photographer from Vietnam has asserted he took one of the most renowned and impactful photos of the 20th century — the image of a naked girl fleeing a napalm attack in South Vietnam that has long been credited to a staff photographer from The Associated Press.