The Palisades Fire burned over 25,000 acres (37 square miles), destroying large areas of the Pacific Palisades, Topanga and Malibu. It was only one of several fires in Southern California that was driven by extreme Santa Ana winds, some gusting to 100 mph. The Palisades fire itself was the third largest California wildfire ever, with more than a dozen deaths and at least 6,700 structures destroyed. The perfect storm.
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One of my favorite #santamonicapier pics from 14 years ago today. @cntrforcreativephoto @improvambassador @nickkennerly @j_kennerly @_katiemeili @utnicky @raulroa @johnrodphotography #iphone4 @wapokp
One of my favorite #santamonicapier pics from 14 years ago today. @cntrforcreativephoto @improvambassador @nickkennerly @j_kennerly @_katiemeili @utnicky @raulroa @johnrodphotography #iphone4 @wapokp
Attack of the hummingbird. This lesser goldfinch is about to get buzzed for encroaching. @cntrforcreativephoto @raulroa @utnicky @improvambassador @nickkennerly @j_kennerly @_katiemeili @canonusa @wapokp
Attack of the hummingbird. This lesser goldfinch is about to get buzzed for encroaching. @cntrforcreativephoto @raulroa @utnicky @improvambassador @nickkennerly @j_kennerly @_katiemeili @canonusa @wapokp
It seems the Vietnam War will never end. The producers of a film called "The Stringer" that premiered recently at the Sundance Film Festival (and rightfully came up empty in the awards category) defames Nick Ut @utnicky (here with Kim Phuc at the @eddieadamsworkshop in 2012). They allege that Nick didn`t take the picture of Kim Phuc running down the road after being hit by napalm. The photo, one of the most famous ever made, won Nick the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Like soldiers, photographers don`t leave our dead or wounded on the battlefield. Now is the time to come to Nick`s aid and donate to the legal fund we established to prosecute the filmmakers who slandered Nick. The excellent lawyer (he also represents me) @jhornstein1 is handling Nick`s case for free, the money isn`t for him, but for those he has hired to carry this forward in the courts. Please share the GoFundMe link far and wide, it`s in my profile or @gofundme “Nick Ut” Thanks for helping this righteous cause. @najalockwood @improvambassador @nickkennerly @joannapinneo @j_kennerly @apnews @raulroa @ballardpix @markedwardharrisphoto @jeffdunas @elianelaffont @jplaffont @douglaskirklandstudio @pulitzerprizes @worldpressphoto
It seems the Vietnam War will never end. The producers of a film called "The Stringer" that premiered recently at the Sundance Film Festival (and rightfully came up empty in the awards category) defames Nick Ut @utnicky (here with Kim Phuc at the @eddieadamsworkshop in 2012). They allege that Nick didn`t take the picture of Kim Phuc running down the road after being hit by napalm. The photo, one of the most famous ever made, won Nick the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Like soldiers, photographers don`t leave our dead or wounded on the battlefield. Now is the time to come to Nick`s aid and donate to the legal fund we established to prosecute the filmmakers who slandered Nick. The excellent lawyer (he also represents me) @jhornstein1 is handling Nick`s case for free, the money isn`t for him, but for those he has hired to carry this forward in the courts. Please share the GoFundMe link far and wide, it`s in my profile or @gofundme “Nick Ut” Thanks for helping this righteous cause. @najalockwood @improvambassador @nickkennerly @joannapinneo @j_kennerly @apnews @raulroa @ballardpix @markedwardharrisphoto @jeffdunas @elianelaffont @jplaffont @douglaskirklandstudio @pulitzerprizes @worldpressphoto
The newest rock band in town, “Nick Ut & the Defenders.” Took this today (L-R) me, attorney @jhornstein1 , Peter Arnett, and the indomitable @utnicky As you may have heard Nick has been seriously slandered in a film called The Stringer, a “documentary” that premiered at the @sundanceorg and deservedly got no awards. Nick and I and Peter are the last surviving Pulitzer winners for our work during the Vietnam War. Jim is Nick’s and my lawyer and is preparing a case against the offending film and its producers. I am 100% on board with the effort and will be launching a fundraiser soon, stay tuned. (Jim, btw is working pro bono and won’t take a penny from the pot. He’s already well into overtime . . .). @pulitzerprizes @apnews @davidburnettfoto @jplaffont @najalockwood @raulroa @markpetersonpixs @douglaskirklandstudio @elianelaffont @billfrakes @improvambassador @nickkennerly @j_kennerly @davidmfriend1 @stephenwilkes @jamesnachtwey @worldpressphoto @petesouza @mikebarnicle @andyharnik @bob_ahern @evanvucci @viiphoto @viifoundation @theviiacademy #vii #viifoundation
The newest rock band in town, “Nick Ut & the Defenders.” Took this today (L-R) me, attorney @jhornstein1 , Peter Arnett, and the indomitable @utnicky As you may have heard Nick has been seriously slandered in a film called The Stringer, a “documentary” that premiered at the @sundanceorg and deservedly got no awards. Nick and I and Peter are the last surviving Pulitzer winners for our work during the Vietnam War. Jim is Nick’s and my lawyer and is preparing a case against the offending film and its producers. I am 100% on board with the effort and will be launching a fundraiser soon, stay tuned. (Jim, btw is working pro bono and won’t take a penny from the pot. He’s already well into overtime . . .). @pulitzerprizes @apnews @davidburnettfoto @jplaffont @najalockwood @raulroa @markpetersonpixs @douglaskirklandstudio @elianelaffont @billfrakes @improvambassador @nickkennerly @j_kennerly @davidmfriend1 @stephenwilkes @jamesnachtwey @worldpressphoto @petesouza @mikebarnicle @andyharnik @bob_ahern @evanvucci @viiphoto @viifoundation @theviiacademy #vii #viifoundation
Happy 84th birthday to my great friend Dick Cheney, here with daughters Mary and Liz on the Snake River 25 years ago. He`s Darth Vader to some, and one great dad and buddy to others. Count me in the latter category, bring on the blowback. @liz__cheney @cntrforcreativephoto @whipplc @mikebarnicle @petesouza @improvambassador @nickkennerly @j_kennerly @bush41library
Happy 84th birthday to my great friend Dick Cheney, here with daughters Mary and Liz on the Snake River 25 years ago. He`s Darth Vader to some, and one great dad and buddy to others. Count me in the latter category, bring on the blowback. @liz__cheney @cntrforcreativephoto @whipplc @mikebarnicle @petesouza @improvambassador @nickkennerly @j_kennerly @bush41library
Took off at sunset tonight on @united from Dulles to L.A., map and my computer reflected in the window, the red horizon in the distance. @cntrforcreativephoto @improvambassador @nickkennerly @j_kennerly @_katiemeili @liz__cheney @utnicky @raulroa @petesouza @pete_mauney @anseladams @mikebarnicle @hayleycarling
Took off at sunset tonight on @united from Dulles to L.A., map and my computer reflected in the window, the red horizon in the distance. @cntrforcreativephoto @improvambassador @nickkennerly @j_kennerly @_katiemeili @liz__cheney @utnicky @raulroa @petesouza @pete_mauney @anseladams @mikebarnicle @hayleycarling
Thought it was worth reposting this pic of @utnicky I took in 2016. Nick won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for his picture of little Kim Phuc running down the road after being napalmed. Three years after he made that stunning image Nick became a refugee when the North Vietnamese took over his country. He made his way to the U.S. where he has now lived since 1975. Nick retired from the @apnews after 50 years. He’s an immigrant, and the best kind of person that America has to offer. Abraham Lincoln would have been proud. @najalockwood @petesouza @stephenwilkes @improvambassador @nickkennerly @j_kennerly @jamesnachtwey @jamesnachtwey @pulitzerprizes @worldpressphoto @cntrforcreativephoto @icfj @markedwardharrisphoto @davidburnettfoto @raulroa @jeffdunas @westernave #viifoundation @markpetersonpixs
Thought it was worth reposting this pic of @utnicky I took in 2016. Nick won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for his picture of little Kim Phuc running down the road after being napalmed. Three years after he made that stunning image Nick became a refugee when the North Vietnamese took over his country. He made his way to the U.S. where he has now lived since 1975. Nick retired from the @apnews after 50 years. He’s an immigrant, and the best kind of person that America has to offer. Abraham Lincoln would have been proud. @najalockwood @petesouza @stephenwilkes @improvambassador @nickkennerly @j_kennerly @jamesnachtwey @jamesnachtwey @pulitzerprizes @worldpressphoto @cntrforcreativephoto @icfj @markedwardharrisphoto @davidburnettfoto @raulroa @jeffdunas @westernave #viifoundation @markpetersonpixs
10 yrs ago today @utnicky and I at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. We are the last two surviving Pulitzer photo winners from the Vietnam War. No one will ever replace Nick. @pulitzerprizes @apnews @worldpressphoto @viifoundation @viiphoto @davidburnettfoto @davidmfriend1 @whipplc @petesouza @anseladams @yousuf_karsh_official @mikebarnicle @improvambassador @nickkennerly @j_kennerly #vietnamveteransmemorial #viifoundation @raulroa @markedwardharrisphoto @najalockwood
10 yrs ago today @utnicky and I at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. We are the last two surviving Pulitzer photo winners from the Vietnam War. No one will ever replace Nick. @pulitzerprizes @apnews @worldpressphoto @viifoundation @viiphoto @davidburnettfoto @davidmfriend1 @whipplc @petesouza @anseladams @yousuf_karsh_official @mikebarnicle @improvambassador @nickkennerly @j_kennerly #vietnamveteransmemorial #viifoundation @raulroa @markedwardharrisphoto @najalockwood
Departing L.A. this morning @alaskaair @cntrforcreativephoto @improvambassador
Splish, splash! Rainy day in #losangeles @canonusa #canonusapro @improvambassador @nickkennerly @j_kennerly @_katiemeili @utnicky @raulroa @johnrodphotography @wapokp @cntrforcreativephoto
Splish, splash! Rainy day in #losangeles @canonusa #canonusapro @improvambassador @nickkennerly @j_kennerly @_katiemeili @utnicky @raulroa @johnrodphotography @wapokp @cntrforcreativephoto
Bird & Bee II. @canonusa #canonusa #r5mark2 #rf100500 at 500 @cntrforcreativephoto @improvambassador @nickkennerly @j_kennerly @_katiemeili @raulroa @utnicky @wapokp
Bird & Bee II. @canonusa #canonusa #r5mark2 #rf100500 at 500 @cntrforcreativephoto @improvambassador @nickkennerly @j_kennerly @_katiemeili @raulroa @utnicky @wapokp
Honoring Martin Luther King today. #mlkday