and nick ut, who was born in vietnam. [applause] >> he joined ap in saigon at the age of 14 years old. this was after his brother, who is also an accomplished ap photographer was killed during the war. nick is best known for the iconic photo he took of a nine-year-old running naked and badly burned from a misdirected south vietnamese air raid. he won a pulitzer prize for that photo. many of the photos in the book were taken by nick. it is an impressive and exciting panel of journalists, whose experience total decades and are collected in some small part in this wonderful book. help me give a warm welcome to the photographers. [applause] nick: we are going to run through some pictures here and then have a conversation and then we will open it up some questions for everybody. >> you cannot see the end of the date there. nick: ok. [applause] [applause] nick: clearly an extraordinary set of images from the book, which is what we are gathered here today to talk about this evening. i thought it might be useful to put this work

. >> reporter: 21-year-old nick ut was there that day, a vietnamese photographer on assignment for the associated press. >> i look in my camera viewfinder. i saw the girl naked running. >> reporter: he took the picture that would win the pulitzer prize. >> when she passed by my camera, i saw her body burned so badly. i said, "my god, i need to help her." >> so, they tried to help me. but after the... they pouring water over my body, seem like i pass out. i didn't remember anything else. >> reporter: he wrapped her in a picture of her naked. i had covered her that way. she keep screaming, say, "i'm dying, i'm dying," all the time. >> reporter: he took her to the hospital, where the doctors thought she was dying, too. >> they placed me to the morgue because this... they give up hope. and they consider i have no, you know, no way to survive. >> reporter: they decided, "this one isn't going to make it." you were written off. >> yes. her three days later still alive, but barely. i can't imagine how much closer to death a person could be. >> and... right. >> reporter: but after 14 months and