Das Schwarz-Weiss Foto von Malcolm W. Browne, das den Mönch Thích Quảng Đức bei seiner Selbstverbrennung am 11. Juni 1963 in Saigon zeigt, war mal Pressefoto des Jahres. Viele dürften das Bild auch als Album-Cover von Rage Against the Machine kennen. Reddit-User mygrapefruit hat dieses Foto jetzt nachträglich coloriert. Aus der Wikipedia:
Der anwesende Journalist David Halberstam, Reporter der New York Times, beschrieb ihn als völlig gefasst:(via Kotzendes Einhorn)
“I was to see that sight again, but once was enough. Flames were coming from a human being; his body was slowly withering and shriveling up, his head blackening and charring. In the air was the smell of burning human flesh; human beings burn surprisingly quickly. Behind me I could hear the sobbing of the Vietnamese who were now gathering. I was too shocked to cry, too confused to take notes or ask questions, too bewildered to even think…. As he burned he never moved a muscle, never uttered a sound, his outward composure in sharp contrast to the wailing people around him.”
