The above photo which was taken in 1994 during the famine in Sudan and which fetched Kevin Carter (1961-1994) the Pulitzer Prize depicts a vulture stalking a defenceless child.
Actually, the child was trying to crawl towards a United Nations food camp located about a kilometre away. After taking the photo, Kevin Carter went away leaving the child on his fate.
A few months after winning the Pulitzer Prize, he committed suicide. The experience of this photographer demonstrates how remorse can lead to depression and eventually to suicide.
Though, I can understand that Kevin Carter was reluctant to touch the child for fear of disease he should have taken the latter to the UN food camp instead of abandoning him as prey to that vulture.
This tragic situation reminds me of a famous saying which echoes through time:
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
that is truly shocking -_-'' Some peeps are quite heartless, and they mean just business and neglect emotions these days :s
ReplyDeleteI wonder what would I have done if the same thing had happened to me.
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