Kevin Carter (1961-1994) - South Africa Pulitzer Prize winner, Kevin Carter, took his own life months after winning the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography for a haunting Sudan famine picture. A free-lance photographer for Reuter and Sygma Photo NY and former PixEditor of the Mail&Gaurdian, Kevin dedicated his carrer to covering the ongoing conflict in his native South Africa. He was highly honoured by the prestigious Ilford Photo Press Awards on several occasions including News Picture of the Year 1993. Kevin is survived by a seven year old daughter, Megan.
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the pic with the that kid and the vulture was taken by a man called Kevin Carter (i think). Anyway the guy was a famous photographer, who saw that kid dying trying to get to a petrol station. The guy took the pic and just left the kid there(not helping him). When the guys pic was shown all over the world he let it slip that he didnt help the kid. later on he couldn't deal with the guilt of leaving him there to die and killed himself.
it makes me sad that another human being can be photographed in their worst conditions, and praise be brought to the person who shoots it.
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Dec-15-2003 02:50
mndeg
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Registered: Aug 2002
Location: IL, United States
poor kid looks like a fetus
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Dec-15-2003 03:33
nchs09
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Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Inside your mum
its a sad world we live in. the best thing we can do is donate money to NGO's to help the needy, or volunteer
Dec-15-2003 03:36
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Dec-15-2003 03:36
TeKnoHe@d2025
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Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Re: Kevin Carter
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Originally posted by djSlain
it makes me sad that another human being can be photographed in their worst conditions, and praise be brought to the person who shoots it.
Do you not understand that it's these photographers who show others how things really are in other places?
I know for a fact I would have no damn clue that such things exist had they not been brought to my attention by photographers and cameramen like Kevin Carter.
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: district of corruption
wow...the guilt he was carrying with him must have gotten so intense he couldnt take it anymore
RIP Kevin + all the millions of poverty stricken people around the world
Dec-15-2003 08:48
bassaholix
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Registered: Sep 2001
Location: Sydney, Australia
Man thats slack... how the hell can he do that... ok the photo is outstanding, but come on, just leave him there.. thats just not right..
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that is a haunting picture indeed... the world we live in can be a dark dark place sometimes
Dec-15-2003 10:19
Sand Leaper
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Registered: Jul 2001
Location: Oslo, Norway
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Originally posted by bassaholix
Man thats slack... how the hell can he do that... ok the photo is outstanding, but come on, just leave him there.. thats just not right..
What was he supposed to do, adopt the kid? He's just a photographer, he can't do much to save the famined people, apart from taking these photos to make people aware of the situation so that they can take action themselves.
