Kevin Carter was a photographer and won the pulitzer prize for a photo of a vulture standing looking over a starving child in Africa. The picture became famous despite it's controversial contents. Kevin Carter was a war photographer. The picture was taken during the apartheid and kevin carter and the group of photographers he travelled with [the bang bang club] were known as kaffir lovers. Kaffir Lovers were ppl who sympathised with the africans who were being discriminated against. Kevin Carter gave up war photography for nature he couldn't take the scenes of hardship ne more. But unable to cope with the guilt he went on to kill himself.






this is picture is powerful

Apartheid ended officially in 1994 and the process started in 1990, so methinks this "kaffir lover" business was from an earlier period. Additionally, the caption says this took place in Sudan in 1994, as opposed to Apartheid South Africa.

He probably meant the famine, not apartheid. Sad photo either way.

I'm pretty sure I've seen it before, but it was cropped to not include the vulture. A rather important piece to be omitted, methinks.

Number nine in the Uk, with a very un-commercial lyric about Kevin Carter.

i had never seen that photo before. i think it just completely fucked me up.

the first time i saw it was yesterday

i can see why he killed himself if he was taking pictures like this for a living.

i don't know how many of you all have kids but shit like this is just a punch in the fucking stomach for me now that i do.

he had five and a half sacks for us this season

i dont have a kid, but it wasnt easy too