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The second vulture
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝟮 (தமிழ்)
In the 1990s, a photo of a vulture waiting for a starving little girl to die so it could feed on her body was widely circulated.
This photo was taken during the 1993/94 famine in Sudan, by Kevin Carter, a South African photojournalist, who later won the Pulitzer Prize for this “incredible photo.”
However, while Kevin Carter was enjoying his achievement and being celebrated on major news channels and networks around the world for his “exceptional photographic talent,” he only lived a few months to enjoy his supposed success and fame, as he later suffered a breakdown and committed suicide!
Kevin Carter’s depression began when, during one of these interviews (a phone-in show), someone called and asked him what had happened to the little girl. He simply replied, "I didn't wait to find out after that flash, because I had a flight to catch..."
Then the caller said, "I just wanted to make you understand that there were two vultures that day, and one had a camera."
So, Kevin Carter's constant thinking about this statement later led him to depression and he eventually committed suicide. He could have still been alive today and even much more famous, if he had just picked up that little girl after her photo and taken her to the UN Feeding Center, which she was probably trying to reach, or at least taken her to a safe place.
Today, unfortunately, this is what is happening all over the world. The world celebrates stupidity and inhumane acts, at the expense of acts of heart and bravery.
Kevin Carter should have taken the little girl away from that place, which would have cost him nothing, but he didn't.
This is the inhumane posture: "he had plenty of time to take his flash, but he didn't have time to save a little girl's life."
So, we all need to understand that the purpose of life is also to touch lives.
𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗮 𝘃𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲?
In everything we do, let us put humanity first, before what we can gain from the situation. In everything we...
In the 1990s, a photo of a vulture waiting for a starving little girl to die so it could feed on her body was widely circulated.
This photo was taken during the 1993/94 famine in Sudan, by Kevin Carter, a South African photojournalist, who later won the Pulitzer Prize for this “incredible photo.”
However, while Kevin Carter was enjoying his achievement and being celebrated on major news channels and networks around the world for his “exceptional photographic talent,” he only lived a few months to enjoy his supposed success and fame, as he later suffered a breakdown and committed suicide!
Kevin Carter’s depression began when, during one of these interviews (a phone-in show), someone called and asked him what had happened to the little girl. He simply replied, "I didn't wait to find out after that flash, because I had a flight to catch..."
Then the caller said, "I just wanted to make you understand that there were two vultures that day, and one had a camera."
So, Kevin Carter's constant thinking about this statement later led him to depression and he eventually committed suicide. He could have still been alive today and even much more famous, if he had just picked up that little girl after her photo and taken her to the UN Feeding Center, which she was probably trying to reach, or at least taken her to a safe place.
Today, unfortunately, this is what is happening all over the world. The world celebrates stupidity and inhumane acts, at the expense of acts of heart and bravery.
Kevin Carter should have taken the little girl away from that place, which would have cost him nothing, but he didn't.
This is the inhumane posture: "he had plenty of time to take his flash, but he didn't have time to save a little girl's life."
So, we all need to understand that the purpose of life is also to touch lives.
𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗮 𝘃𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲?
In everything we do, let us put humanity first, before what we can gain from the situation. In everything we...
