Sudane Famine~November 27

No graded blog for my class this week, so I decided to talk about the Pulitzer Prize winning pictures displayed in Billings this weekend, where they will remain for a couple weeks.  Copies of every picture that won this prize from the 40's to 2011 were there.  Most in black and white and a maximum of 2 per year won this prestigious prize.

The collection of pictures showed a rather morbid theme.  It is a pity that so many of our defining pictures show the deceased, torture, or the suffering.  Some were certainly uplifting, but much too small of a percentage.  The photo with the most weight for me is the one below, from 1994.  A South African man took this photo of a young, starving girl.  She was on her way to a food or water line, but didn't make it.  The photographer was criticized for taking her picture instead of carrying her to the line and helping her.  Who was right?  Feel free to comment.  He took a photo to capture the incomprehensible amount of starvation and suffering endured by others in third world countries.  He was advised by the head journalists to avoid contact with natives, due to the possibility of disease spread.  The girl, due to never reaching the line, died.  He committed suicide three months later.  The photographer was in his thirties.  Do you see the vulture?  Where are the parents? 
And what did you do on your Thanksgiving?  Grateful for anything?


http://pulitzerprize.org/files/2009/07/kevin-carter-1994.jpg