Malcolm Browne
[Journalist and photographer, b. 1931, New York, d. 2012, New Hampshire.]
I had no point of view. I was concerned that [the photographs] be properly exposed, but since the subject was self-illuminated that wasn’t much of a problem.
(On his 1963 photograph of self-immolation of South Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc.)
Had a western newsman with a camera not been present at Quang Duc’s suicide, history might have taken a different turn.
(On his 1963 photograph of self-immolation of South Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc.)