Thursday, March 19, 2009

Hungry Girl


This is a photograph called " Hungry Girl", and it was filmed by South African photographer Calvin Carter. It must be very familiar .The Photo was shoot in 1993 in Sudan. At that time, Sudan was suffering from the violence and the famine. When Calvin Carter got on the Sudanese territory, he could not believe his eyes. The he sat in the bushes and wanted to calm down, but he saw something more surprised. A little skinny girl from Sudan was looking for food on the ground. A malicious vultures was behind her and waited to eat her. Calvin Carter thought the little girl died, but he suddenly heard her weak cries. Calvin carter immediately adjusted the camera and pressed the shutter, and then drove away the vultures. After that, he was sitting under the tree, smoking, praying to god.
Later, he got the Pulitzer close-up of news photography and reputation because of this picture. However, Many people accused him and thought life is more important than news value. In the past three months, he finished his 33 years old life...

1 comment:

  1. That picture is chilling, Wen. I choked up a bit.

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