Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you, Mr. Phong, for a very interesting post! Bob - --- Phong <phong@doan-ltd.com> wrote: > > Mr. Ut (whose real last name is ironically enough > either > > "Kong" or "Cong" I forget which). > > His name is Huynh Cong Ut, and he was hired by Horst > Faas > at AP whe he was 15 years old. In the Vietnamese > style, > the family name (Huynh, actually Huynh Cong) comes > first, > though it is correct to call him Mr Ut (given name). > For example, the late South Vietnam President Nguyen > Van Thieu > was called President Thieu (given name); likewise > General > Vo Nguyen Giap is called General Giap (also given > name). Only > in case of extreme reverence should one use the last > name: > The North Vietnamese affectionately called Ho Chi > Minh > Uncle Ho. > > The practice of using an western first name together > with > the Vietname given name was common among people who > work > with Americans (and French, before that) in Vietnam, > during > the war. In contrast, overseas Vietnamese would use > a > western first name with the family name (e.g. Nick > Huynh, > instead of Nick Ut). > > Huynh Cong is the name of an important family in > South Vietnam, > that settled in the Can Tho, Long Xuyen areas in the > Mekong Delta. > My family has many ties with that family, though I > don't know > if we are related to Mr Ut. > > Incidentally, Ut means "last child", identifying him > as the > cadet in the family. He had an older brother, Huynh > Cong La > (though he changed his name to Huynh Thanh My), who > was a war > photographer for AP, and who was wounded then killed > in 1965, > when the Viet Cong overran the unit he was working > with. Ut was > 14 at the time. > > My full Vietnamese name is Doan huu Phong, and in > the Vietnamese > style, you would call me Mr Phong. You may call me > Mr Doan if > you revere me that much :-) > > - Phong > Phong Doan since 1995. Previously Doan huu Phong > > NO ARCHIVE > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On > Behalf Of Gary > > Williams > > Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 11:19 PM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Nick Ut's Napalm girl > > > > > > > > > I read an interview of Nick Ut, and I recall > that he said that he used a > > Nikon. > > > > > > regards, > > > frank > > > > In the 1960's the AP issued Nikons to its > photographers, however many went > > out and bought Leicas on their own, including Mr. > Ut (whose real last name > > is ironically enough either "Kong" or "Cong" I > forget which). I believe > > that the M2 and Summicron lens used for the photo > are on exhibition in > > London. Can anyone from the UK confirm this? > > > > Gary > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html ===== Bob Adler Palo Alto, CA rgacpa@pacbell.net - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html