{The vulture and the little girl.}
A short description:
The photograph was taken by South African photojournalist, Kevin Carter, while on assignment to Sudan. He took his own life a couple of month later due to depression.
The picture depicts a vulture waiting for the emaciated girl to die of starvation before devouring her. The shot sparked a controversy as the photographer had taken 20 minutes to take the shot before helping the girl.
The New York Times, where the photo was published, issued a statement saying that the girl was able to make it to the food station, but beyond that no one knows what happened to her. Because of this, Carter was bombarded with questions about why he did not help the girl, and only used her to take a photograph. However, Carter was working in a time when photojournalists were told not to touch famine victims for fear of spreading disease. Carter estimated that there were twenty people per hour dying at the food centre. The child was not unique. Regardless, Carter often expressed regret that he had not done anything to help the girl, even though there was not much that he could have done, in all actuality.
