Friday, March 28, 2008

Pulitzer Prize Winning Picture: Crawling Boy Stalked by a Vulture





After seeing this picture, I'm reminded again of the paintful truth of poverty. Click on the picture to enlarge it. The text on the picture reads:

"Kevin Carter's Pulitzer Prize winning photo taken in 1994 during the Sudane famine. The picture depicts a famine stricken child be being stalked by a vulture. The child is crawling towards a United Nations food camp, located a kilometer away.

"No one knows what happened to the child, including the photographer who left the scene as soon as the photo was taken. He later confided to friends that he wished he had intervened. Journalists at the time were warned never to touch famine victims for fear of disease.

"Three months later, and only weeks after being bestowed with the Pulitzer prize, Kevin Carter committed suicide."

This gave me goosebumps when I was reading it.

Never lose hope, our efforts can make the world a better place.

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