Nathan Robinson Malcolm Browne The Burning Monk 1963 Browne's career in journalism began when he was drafted during the Korean War,and assigned to the Pacific edition of the Stars and Stripes where he worked for two years. He worked for the Middletown Times Herald-Record,then joined the Associated Press, working in Baltimore from 1959 to 1961, at which point he was made chief correspondent for Indochina. On June 11, 1963 he took his famous photographs of the death of Thích Quảng Đức. After having won a Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting and receiving many job offers, he eventually left the AP in 1965. He worked for ABC TV for about a year but became dissatisfied with television journalism. He worked freelance for several years, and did a year's fellowship at Columbia University with the Council on Foreign Relations. In 1968, he joined The New York Times, and in 1972 became its correspondent for South America. Thich Quang Duc immolating himself on a Saigon street. Browne had been given a heads-up that something was going to happen to protest the treatment of Buddhists by the regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem. The photo is shot in black and white with a fast shutter speed. The texture of the fire and smoke are the focus of the image. The rest of the photo is a background compared to the focus on the flames. When I see this photo I am mystified about how the monk in the photo can keep a straight face and keep his composure while being set on fire. Browne’s photo forced people to question the U.S.’s association with Diem’s government, and soon resulted in the Administration’s decision not to interfere with a coup that November.
Personal Narrative
Written Narrative
The word I selected to capture my photo series is "Hometown". In my photo series I photographed places around Somerset that are important to me. I wanted my photos to convey growing up in a small town by showing my elementary school, town basketball courts, a playground and the waterfront. I want the viewers of my photos to feel a sense of nostalgia like I have about the town that I grew up in.Photography is important because it helps you convey emotion and ideas in a visual way.