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A photo that killed the photographer.
Left: Photojournalist Kevin Carter.
Right: A child struggling to reach a UN food distribution centre while a vulture waits.
This picture of Sudan's severe famine got Carter a Pulitzer award in 1994.
Four months later, Carter died by suicide.
Left: Photojournalist Kevin Carter.
Right: A child struggling to reach a UN food distribution centre while a vulture waits.
This picture of Sudan's severe famine got Carter a Pulitzer award in 1994.
Four months later, Carter died by suicide.
Many are asking if Kevin Carter helped the child after taking the photo.
The answer is: NO
As per his words, he waited there for 20 minutes more because he hoped that the vulture would open its wings and he would get a better shot.
He said later that he scared the vulture away.
The answer is: NO
As per his words, he waited there for 20 minutes more because he hoped that the vulture would open its wings and he would get a better shot.
He said later that he scared the vulture away.
There was a huge controversy after New York Times ran the picture on top of the page on March 26, 1993.
It resulted into a huge controversy.
Many readers questioned why Carter didn't help the child even after taking the picture.
Also, why did NYT publish such a picture?
It resulted into a huge controversy.
Many readers questioned why Carter didn't help the child even after taking the picture.
Also, why did NYT publish such a picture?
New York Times staffers justified the act saying that it is their duty as a journalist.
But does Journalism mean feeding on human misery and more importantly, profit from it?
They had no answer.
The @PulitzerPrizes endorsed the act by declaring the photo as the best shot in 1994.
But does Journalism mean feeding on human misery and more importantly, profit from it?
They had no answer.
The @PulitzerPrizes endorsed the act by declaring the photo as the best shot in 1994.
Carter was asked what he did after clicking.
According to his own words, he waited there for 20 minutes and then scared away the vulture.
He lit a cigarrette, had a conversation with God and wept.
He then left the spot even as the child continued crawling towards the food centre.
According to his own words, he waited there for 20 minutes and then scared away the vulture.
He lit a cigarrette, had a conversation with God and wept.
He then left the spot even as the child continued crawling towards the food centre.
Kevin Carter was specifically asked why he did not help the child.
His answer was that foreign journalists were asked not to touch the locals because there was a fear of an epidemic.
At that time, epidemics were normal occurrences with famines in Africa.
He left Sudan soon after.
His answer was that foreign journalists were asked not to touch the locals because there was a fear of an epidemic.
At that time, epidemics were normal occurrences with famines in Africa.
He left Sudan soon after.
I am sure all of you want to know if the child survived.
Yes! The child survived!
It was published later that the toddler was a boy.
He finally crawled to the food centre, perhaps with the help of a UN aid worker.
The boy got food and survived.
He died 14 years later from Malaria
Yes! The child survived!
It was published later that the toddler was a boy.
He finally crawled to the food centre, perhaps with the help of a UN aid worker.
The boy got food and survived.
He died 14 years later from Malaria
White journalists sitting in their cosy New York offices justified the act saying that they were merely doing their duty as journalists.
But the criticism just won't stop.
Meanwhile the memories triggered Kevin and he sank into depression.
In July 1994, he took his own life.
But the criticism just won't stop.
Meanwhile the memories triggered Kevin and he sank into depression.
In July 1994, he took his own life.
Kevin Carter wasn't a staff photographer of New York Times.
He was a freelancer and sold the photo.
The point is not about Journalism here.
It is about selling human misery to fellow humans.
The same thing is happening today with India.
I want to ask the same question again.
He was a freelancer and sold the photo.
The point is not about Journalism here.
It is about selling human misery to fellow humans.
The same thing is happening today with India.
I want to ask the same question again.
Journalists are getting paid.
Photographers are getting a price for these photos.
Videos are attracting views which translates into money.
It is one thing to inform but it's entirely another point to profit by selling another person's misery.
Is this ethical?
End of thread.
Photographers are getting a price for these photos.
Videos are attracting views which translates into money.
It is one thing to inform but it's entirely another point to profit by selling another person's misery.
Is this ethical?
End of thread.
