Friday, May 1, 2009

Photographer Suicide Pulitzer Winning Photo

Pulitzer

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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