"Hundreds of people contacted the newspaper to ask the fate of the girl. The paper said that according to Carter, "she recovered enough to resume her trek after the vulture was chased away" but that it was unknown whether she reached the UN food centre." In April 1994, the photograph won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography.
In 2011, the child's father revealed the child was actually a boy, Kong Nyong, and had been taken care of by the UN food aid station. Nyong had died four years prior, c. 2007, of "fevers", according to his family. "
'As he took the child’s picture, a plump vulture landed nearby. Carter had reportedly been advised not to touch the victims because of disease, so instead of helping, he spent 20 minutes waiting in the hope that the stalking bird would open its wings. It did not. Carter scared the creature away and watched as the child continued toward the center. He then lit a cigarette, talked to God and wept.' Source: http://100photos.time.com/photos/kevin-carter-starving-child-vulture
schmoranz on February 18th, 2021 at 12:02 UTC »
On Wikipedia it says:
"Hundreds of people contacted the newspaper to ask the fate of the girl. The paper said that according to Carter, "she recovered enough to resume her trek after the vulture was chased away" but that it was unknown whether she reached the UN food centre." In April 1994, the photograph won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography.
In 2011, the child's father revealed the child was actually a boy, Kong Nyong, and had been taken care of by the UN food aid station. Nyong had died four years prior, c. 2007, of "fevers", according to his family. "
BaconBoy2015 on February 18th, 2021 at 13:21 UTC »
This is the picture mentioned in House of Leaves, right?
MMN_NLD on February 18th, 2021 at 13:59 UTC »
'As he took the child’s picture, a plump vulture landed nearby. Carter had reportedly been advised not to touch the victims because of disease, so instead of helping, he spent 20 minutes waiting in the hope that the stalking bird would open its wings. It did not. Carter scared the creature away and watched as the child continued toward the center. He then lit a cigarette, talked to God and wept.' Source: http://100photos.time.com/photos/kevin-carter-starving-child-vulture