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[edit] Two Vultures
One journalist said that there were two vultures in the picture: the bird and the photographer - but I can't find the quote...
chocolateboy 02:38, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Vulture or not he was to that poor child, at least he helped spread awareness to the world about the famine issue... May the photo help spur people to do the right thing... Haya shiloh 14:46, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] the image is double on the page
Kevin Carter were indeed sorrounded by starving childrens and adults. Right after he took his shot with the girl and the vulture, he sat under a tree and prayed and cried for this people and thought of his own daughter. Being there, depression is everywhere in you. Depressed that you can't do anything about it. And he believed, that the only way he can at least help this people is to make the world see what he have felt and seen that same day through his eye-opening photographs.
hayats 12:26, 23 June 2006 (GMT+1) Several websites and blogs refer to Kevin's diary and that he stated the following "Kevin Carter also wrote the following in his diary found after he died
"Dear God, I promise I will never waste my food no matter how bad it can taste and how full I may be. I pray that He will protect this little boy, guide and deliver him away from his misery. I pray that we will be more sensitive towards the world around us and not be blinded by our own selfish nature and interests."
Does anyone know whether or not its true.
[edit] Is is true that he committed suicide, three months after the eye-opener photo?
Received content similar to this http://www.huaren.com/UnitedNations/photo-1.htm in email fwd of the photo and the text that he committed suicide.
Could you verify it, or nulify it for sure? Hmmmm...
P.S.: Facts aside, the email was so much of an eye opener (reminds me of "FOOD IS A WEAPON") that I fwd it to all of my contacts.--The world salutes the Rising Star...Try to be One 02:59, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Is the image modified?
When performing an Image-Websearch for something like "Kevin Carter Vulture", you find the famous photo that is shown on this page. But in some versions, the vulture seems to look at the child, and on others, it seems to look away (to the right). Which one is the original photo Kevin Carter took?
[edit] editing
The sentence: "Journalists at the time were warned never to touch famine victims for fear of disease." Is incorrect maybe not entirely but in Kevin's case it is. I've done a lot of research on carter and just finished reading the Bang-Bang club book. Kevin never said he didn't help the child because he was fearful of disease or anything close to that. He has stated saying he doesn't know why he didn't help the child that he felt it wasn't necessary because the child was 50 ft away from the food supplies that had just been dropped.
I think this line should be removed because it untrue. Yes maybe some journalists were warned but it is irrelevant because it has nothing to do with why this child was not helped. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cdynas (talk • contribs) 23:34, 10 January 2007 (UTC).
