In the desolate and dilapidated field, a skinny little girl wriggled forward with difficulty and looked dying. A vulture stood behind her, staring at her, and when she could no longer move, she went to enjoy the delicious food. This photo, entitled "The Hungry Sultan", was written by kevin carter, a freelance photojournalist in South Africa. Once published, it caused a sensation in the whole world and aroused strong repercussions among people of all countries. Later, it won the Pulitzer Prize, which is known as the "Nobel Prize for Journalism".
Do you think this photographer must be furious and get a lot of honor and wealth? However, the reality is just the opposite. While the photos are shocking, they also attract a lot of accusations and abuse from "moral" people. A year later, the photographer committed suicide because of his poor life and unbearable accusations. This photo reflects the hunger and suffering of the African people, but the story behind it shows the "hunger" of human nature, which just confirms the sentence: don't try human nature, try the whole drama.
In 1993, Carter came to Sudan, a war-torn, poor and hungry African country, and followed the UN helicopter to distribute relief food to the refugees. When he got off the plane, he was shocked by the tragic sight he saw: the land was deserted, and everyone was so hungry that he was only skinny. Suddenly, Carter saw a scrawny little girl. The child was too hungry to support herself and wriggled on the ground, while a vulture stood behind her, quietly waiting for the delicious food that was about to arrive.
Carter saw this scene and quickly pressed the shutter. At that moment, time was frozen forever. As the photos were published in major newspapers and media, Carter's popularity increased, but it was followed by doubts and accusations. More and more people questioned why Carter only took photos with a camera, but did not lend a helping hand to save the little girl. Others said that Carter won the Pulitzer Prize by stepping on the body of the little girl, and he was a cold-blooded and ugly demon. Even Carter's friends accused Carter of putting down the camera to help the little girl.
However, in the second half of the story, many people don't know that the vulture flew away after Carter took the photo, and the photo only took a scene. Outside the photo, a large number of victims and UN personnel were distributing food. The little girl's mother went to a nearby place to collect relief food, put her in the same place, and took her away after receiving the food.
On March 26th, 1993, new york Times took the lead in publishing the photo of Hungry Sultan, which caused great repercussions all over the world because of its shocking content. However, when Carter sold this photo to the new york Times, he had already explained the background of the photo. The girl in the photo was safe, and the vultures flew away, and there were many people around. However, when the new york Times was published, it did not explain its background for the sake of sensational effect, which led to the anger of many people.
More and more people and the media, not knowing the truth, think that the little girl is in a deserted place, standing on the moral high ground and accusing Carter, why not save the little girl. Carter is full of arguments, his voice is almost inaudible, he is under pressure, and his life is in endless torture.
On July 27th, 1994, with a relaxed mood, Carter took the last favorite photo, went to the river where he was playing as a child, connected it to the exhaust pipe of the car with a hose, put it in the car, and then left the world with the light music. In his last words, he wrote: "I am really, really sorry for everyone. The pain of life far exceeds the degree of joy."
Later, Carter's daughter recalled her father and said, "I think dad is the child who can't crawl, and the whole world is the vulture." The truth is always manipulated by people with ulterior motives. Carter just wants to wake up the little light in people's hearts. However, this light has disappeared before single spark can start a prairie fire. When we don't know the truth, please don't stand on the moral high ground, otherwise what we call benevolence and morality may be the murder weapon.
finally, because I wrote it for the first time, I borrowed the material of the next master. The material of the article came from Baidu: "The Vulture and the Little Girl Who Touched the World", and the photographer's ending was worse than that of the little girl-History at 9: 31? Tencent. com: "A photo that sensationalized the world, what about the poor girl?" A year later, the photographer committed suicide-Spring and Winter.