“In March 1993 Carter made a trip to southern Sudan. The sound of soft, high-pitched whimpering near the village of Ayod attracted Carter to a young emaciated Sudanese toddler. The girl had stopped to rest while struggling to a feeding center, wherein a vulture had landed nearby. He said that he waited about 20 minutes, hoping that the vulture would spread its wings. It didn’t. Carter snapped the haunting photograph and chased the vulture away. However, he also came under heavy criticism for just photographing — and not helping — the little girl:”
- “The man adjusting his lens to take just the right frame of her suffering might just as well be a predator, another vulture on the scene.”
More on Kevin/This Photo/His Suicide HERE.
Super interesting article on Kevin (but beware of the giant wall of text) HERE.
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