The prize-winning image: A vulture watches a starving child in southern Sudan, March 1, 1993. CORBIS/Sygma © 2006
The Death of Kevin Carter is an Oscar-nominated documentary about the life, work and suicide of a Pulitzer-prize winning South African photojournalist. 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.
Carter's Pulitzer winning photo showed a heart-breaking scene of a starving child collapsed on the ground, struggling to get to a food station during a famine in the Sudan in 1993. In the background, a vulture stalks the emaciated child.
Carter was part of a group of four fearless photojournalists known as the "Bang Bang Club" who travelled throughout South Africa capturing the atrocities committed during apartheid.
Haunted by the horrific images from Sudan, Carter committed suicide in 1994 soon after receiving the award.
Kevin is survived by his daughter Megan.
www.kevincarterfilm.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Carter
http://www.thisisyesterday.com/ints/KCarter.html
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Interesting website with a lot of resources and detailed explanations.
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Interesting website with a lot of resources and detailed explanations.
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