BROWNE, Malcolm (1931-2012). ?The Burning Monk," Press Photograph of Buddhist Monk, Thich Quang Duc Self-Immolating in Saigon in June, 1963. [Associated Press, November 15, 1963]. Black and white press photo of this famous and harrowing image of a Buddhist monk serenely burning in the middle of a busy intersection to protest the South Vietnamese Diem's pro-Catholic and anti-Buddhist policies. On the verso, a teletyped caption is affixed: ?THE ULTIMATE PROTEST IN SAIGON / Thich Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk, is engulfed in flames in a Saigon street, June 11, as he commits suicide in protest against alleged government persecution of Buddhists. His was the first in a series of self immolations in South Viet Nam." Inkstamped date of ?Nov 15 1963" on verso near caption. Mild rubbing, faint wrinkling, some light thumbsoiling on verso. Fine. Of this photograph, President Kennedy stated ?No news picture in history has generated so much emotion around the world as that one". The photographer, Browne, won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for this photograph. Browne had stated: ?I just kept shooting and shooting and shooting and that protected me from the horror of the thing." 8 ? x 11".