This photograph was taken by Kevin Carter in Sudan in 1993. The image depicts a famine-stricken child, with a hooded vulture eyeing him from nearby. Shortly after the picture was snapped, Carter chased the vulture away.
The photograph first appeared on 26 March 1993 in the New York Times, and gathered worldwide attention.
The newspaper received numerous inquiries about the girl's fate. According to Carter, she regained enough strength to continue her journey after the vulture was driven away, but it remained uncertain if she reached the UN food center.
The picture went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography award in 1994. Sadly, Carter took his own life four months after winning the prize.
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 passed away in 2007 from ‘fevers’, according to his family.
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The photograph first appeared on 26 March 1993 in the New York Times, and gathered worldwide attention.
The newspaper received numerous inquiries about the girl's fate. According to Carter, she regained enough strength to continue her journey after the vulture was driven away, but it remained uncertain if she reached the UN food center.
The picture went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography award in 1994. Sadly, Carter took his own life four months after winning the prize.
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 passed away in 2007 from ‘fevers’, according to his family.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w...
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