I liked this photo for a variety of reasons. First, I love the dark and light contrast. I also really like pictures with words in them, so this appealed to me.
Pulitzer Prize Photograph by Kevin Carter. Kevin Carter was a South African photojournalist who photographed many different scenes in Africa, including public slayings in South Africa. In early 1993, he went to Sudan, where he took the photograph above. It depicts a small child taking a break on its way to a feeding center. Carter hoped the Vulture would spread its wings and it didn't so he chased it away. He did not know what the fate of the child was. He later won the Pulitzer Prize for this photo, but received a lot of criticism. He eventually comitted suicide in 1994 by carbon monoxide poisining. In his suicide note, he wrote that he was depressed, moneyless, and suffering from the number of disturbing pictures he took throughout his career.
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