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Photographer Suicide Pulitzer Winning Photo
The story bout the life, work and suicide of a Pulitzer-prize winning South African photojournalist. Kevin Carter took the above heart breaking photo of a starving child who collapse on the ground struggling to get to a food center during a famine in 1993. In the background a vulture waits for the death of the child. Haunted by the horrific images from Sudan, Carter commited suicide in 1994 after receiving the award.
Source: NPR
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July 29th, 2006 at 6:48 am
He also received many death threats for that picture which, along with the horrific display, is also said to have contributed to his suicide. What could he have done differently? Nothing.
December 28th, 2006 at 4:55 am
This makes me sad. I litterlly had tears in my eyes. I wish there was something that I could do to prevent things like this from happening….. gosh that is really sad. i feel so sorry for the child
January 5th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
thats so sad!
January 8th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
children should be protected, no matter what . i really don’t care when your an adult. but all children should be protected, no matter what
January 21st, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Instead of feeling sad and powerless, why don’t we ALL do something about such situations?
To start with, each of us can make a small cash donation to the charitable organizations already working on Third World projects……….
April 1st, 2007 at 7:00 am
that is so said,and ya children should be protected.
July 12th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
Next time whenever you have a levish lunch or dinner, see if you have the heart to think of that picture in your mind, and think how unevenly man has distributed GOD,s resources among themselves. Think of how many lives the food is worth that you dine in big resturants, think how many lives you could save by donating that money to some charity than spending it on one time lunch or dinner.
August 13th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
“all children should be protected, no matter what.”
I’ll should you one better:
The world should be a peaceful place and everyone should be happy all the time and nobody should ever feel pain or die ever.
Wake up. People are shit and life is temporary.
Things do or do not happen.
Nothing ever should.
November 22nd, 2007 at 7:29 am
watchin this makes me literally burst into tears!!! I cant imagine that peopl elive like this…………….I thank god for EVERYTHING that i have and i pray for the sick, the needy, the poor, the starving and the children of the world. Whatever happened to this little boy, i pray that he is in one peace. As cliche as this might sound i truly do pray for world peace. I pray that we all have peace within ourselves and those that are less fortunate than us……such as this little boy.
February 1st, 2008 at 1:17 am
Praying doesn’t do any good!!!! If it did, these things would not be the way they are! Don’t you think THOSE people pray the whole time their babies are dying???? “Give it to God”, right, like that EVER solved any problem for anyone but yourself. Praying just makes you FEEL like you are doing something so you don’t actually have to DO ANYTHING and you can live with yourself!!! Stop praying and donate your time and money to solving these problems! Get out and do something for someone in need!!! Everyody should be working for birth control in these countries so they can actually pull themselves up out of this crushing poverty. What good does it do to have babies just to watch them die terrible terrible deaths? It saps the mother’s strength and fills their lives with horrific dread and abject misery and they can’t stop it themselves without education and lots of help from those of us who know a better life can be had. Find an education program that helps these people and support it. That’s really God’s work, like Mother Theresa said, and you will actually earn your good night’s sleep.
February 11th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
If things were as simple as giving everyone birth control, then the entire world would be running along smoothly. *You’re* the one that needs to wake up and see that problems like this - famines, civil wars, ethnic cleansings - are all caused by a mixture of factors that aren’t that easy to separate.
Yes, birth control is one option, but it does no good to throw money and aid into a system that is so corrupt that the funds and resources rarely even make it to the people that need them the most. Oftentimes, these food supplies and medicines are stolen as soon as the trucks leave because the raiders can get a great price for them on the black market, and that’s IF the medicine donated is even within the expiration date.
Do you really think anyone’s actually going to give everyone birth control when they won’t even spend the 29 cents a dose for malaria vaccines?
Not everyone can just pack up and go overseas, but you can start at home by writing to your congressmen and raising awareness for causes like these. I didn’t mean to discourage anyone by what I said up there, but you also have to face reality when dealing with situations like these. It’s not an easy road to travel, but that shouldn’t stop you from trying it.
May 2nd, 2008 at 3:17 am
I dont know what to say: This picture is a full and complete picture of today world. We produce GUNS, TANKS, AIRCRAFTS and BOMB to destroy each other and in this fight children are under more threat and risk. I dont know how to start but I REGUOLARY pay donation but I am not sure these type of people receive them. I know we have to have a big motion to help them more all aorind the world
May 25th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Sadly what you see is not a result of lack of food. It is the result of the child not having any money. I have spent my life and even now, continue to produce the food required to feed the world. We produce enough, and every day in developed countries governments are paying farmers such as myself to reduce and even destroy food produced due to overproduction. I have done my part to insure that what you see in the photo does not happen. The photographer who took the photo also had done his part to inform all of us that this is happening. The question remaining now is who has not done their part.
August 8th, 2008 at 11:47 am
haaayy.. i can’t imagine.
September 5th, 2008 at 2:29 am
I hear he didnt do anything to help the child. He left the child there to die after taking the picture. Someone like that does not deserve the award that he recieved. It is probably part of the reason he committed suicide.
October 7th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
how so sad to see this pic
January 23rd, 2009 at 2:56 pm
I too had tears after seeing this picture and reading caption….My question is ‘why didn’t the photographer do anything???’ That must have been why he felt so depressed that he died. I guess the world should turn to God now..he’ll be our refuge in times like this!!!
April 2nd, 2009 at 6:07 am
this is so tragic. kevin carter produced a piece of work that has effected us all and made us aware. and i think that is the most amazing thing.
June 25th, 2009 at 12:52 am
To mimi, what could he have done? scare the vulture away, carry the child to the food line, while a hundred other vultures tore into the the flesh of another hundred dying children??? his job was to report, to shoot, not to become Angelina Jolie. It’s so annoying when I read this stuff “why didn’t he do something”? He wasn’t there to save anyone, get that through your heads already, then what?? adopt him and bring him home? oh please, bleeding hearts unite! you make me sick.
August 1st, 2009 at 6:02 am
“his job was to report”….”He wasn’t there to save anyone”…..what the hell….Kendo are you serious?
His job has nothing to do with it…actually…his job was probably almost done as soon as he took the photos….and his reason for being there has also nothing to do with helping another human…there is no excuse for not helping somebody when you have the means to do so…even if it might not be enough.
A job…seriously???
Reasoning like yours contribute to make this word sick…not the bleeding hearts.
Ps. I actually do not know whether the man helped the child or not…but I simply do not know what could have been more important then giving the child some water and a meal…at least that…if nothing more.