Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >It does hurt indeed. > >The photographer, Kevin Carter, was haunted by the fact that he >captured the image instead of helping the child, because he felt a >photojournalist should not interfere in the story he was covering.
According to the Pulitzer Prize photo exhibit I saw, which included this photo, journalists were *prohibited* from coming in contact with the local people. (Whether this was to protect the journalists from disease or protect the locals - people traveling from around the world could certainly be bringing in new bugs - I don't know). It indicated he did chase off the vulture and went to get help. But he was deluged with abuse from people who didn't know all this backstory. Makes it even sadder, really. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
