I knew the shot, often though there would be simply no way I could stand by and take even one frame of such a scene – i'd be in there taking the child away….
Just read up on the detail….
This shocking photo depicts a starving Sudanese child being stalked by a patient vulture. It is a horrific picture that gave people a true look at the dire condition in Sub-Saharan Africa. Kevin Carter, who took the photo, won a Pulitzer Prize for this work. Kevin then came under a lot of scrutiny for spending over 20 minutes setting up the photo instead of helping the child. Three months after taking the photo, he committed suicide..
Sometimes the picture is more powerful in my opinion. Would we still be talking about (the) atrocities if he had helped the child? Were the people who criticised the photographer even there? Do we know what happened to the child? How many other children were saved because the more advanced countries saw this image?
I fall in line with Kevin Carter and would have taken the picture without hesitation. Just an observation.