VietNamNet Bridge - Nick Ut, Tim Page and Peter Arnett last week met at a reunion during an exhibition of American photographer Catherine Karnow in HCM City.

Nick Ut is a widely known AP photographer who took the famous photograph that shocked the world about the war in Vietnam – the "Napalm Girl". The photo was ranked 41st of 100 pictures considered the most influential in the 20th century by Columbia University.

Returning to Vietnam on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the South Liberation and Vietnam’s reunification (30/4), Ut had meetings with young people on April 28 at the Caravelle Hotel in HCM City.

He said: "The war has passed but the photos about it remind us of its brutality to honor and cherish peace."

During the meeting he also shared his experience with young journalists and photographers and urged them to shoot great pictures. He also talked about the responsibility of a photojournalist.

Nick Ut also met with Karnow, a correspondent with National Geographic. She spent 25 years traveling Vietnam to capture stunning pictures. Her works reflect the positive changes of Vietnam in the 90s. She took the famous photograph of General Vo Nguyen Giap, “The snow-capped volcano”.

The reunion took place at the Martini Bar, on the third floor of Caravelle Hotel, the workplace of foreign journalists during the Vietnam War. The meeting also included Peter Arnett, a former war correspondent with the Associated Press and CNN, who won a 1966 Pulitzer Prize for journalism about the Vietnam War.

Photographer Tim Page, whose fame is tied with the Vietnam War with many impressive photographs that deeply reflect the brutality of war, was also at the exhibition.

This was a rare reunion of four world-famous photographers in Vietnam.

Nick Ut.            Nick Ut talks to young photographers.       Catherine Karnow             Peter Arnett (middle).              Tim Page.           The four well-known photographers.

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