The Tragic Tale of The Photograph that Killed it's Photographer - Kevin Carter
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- čas přidán 24. 11. 2022
- Photographer Kevin Carter took a photo of a young girl during a period of intense national famine in Sudan. The sudan famine would reveal many horrors in the country. The photo had a deep affect on him which would eventually cost him his life. This is the story behind that photograph.
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_The Vulture and the Little Girl_ is an image which can never be unseen, and in a way, haunts people to the very core of their humanity.
Couldn't agree more, I hope I gave history and context to such a haunting image
It's sad, but I wouldn't quite go that far
@Auschwitz Soccer Ref. Its not our Problem till it happens here huh? Youre disgusting
Or should.
@Auschwitz Soccer Ref. If that's what you truly believe you should keep that to yourself. Henry Kissinger, a man who wasn't known for being soft-hearted, said "America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests." The US Government thought it was in their best interests to give food aid to African nations because an unstable government full of millions of starving, desperate people is definitely everyone's problem. North Korea is another example of that. The North Koreans will go along with anything their government tells them to do, and their government is currently trying to build missiles loaded with nuclear warheads that can reach the continental United States. Even if you lack basic human empathy, you might be intelligent enough to understand that nations like this, regardless of where they are, are indeed everyone's problem.
Thanks for telling this story, and for honouring Kevin's memory.
I've heard people deride him for not helping the child in the photo, and call him heartless for leaving her, but it wasn't a Hollywood movie and there were tens of thousands of little children just like the child in the photograph. It is an intensely sad story.
Life is very rarely black and white. It's shades of grey and nightmares unfortunately
This justifies absolutely nothing
@@agbonungozi7861 The problem there is systemic. It's not just one starving child, it's thousands of starving children. If they had given the child food, chances are they would have just kept her alive for a few days more and prolonged her suffering. Giving the child a bit of food once wouldn't have solved the problem, not for that particular child nor for the society.
You don't have to save 1,000 people. To help whoever you CAN help, is better than CHOOSING not to help any one of them. He felt guilty, because he knew for a FACT, that he could've done SOMETHING. But he CHOSE to do NOTHING.
@@thatfirstone what did you expect him to do, pick the child up, walk past the dozens of children in a similar situation, all in a country with zero infrastructure and while under military supervision?
Kevin is NOT alone. Many of us have seen and done things in our career that the average person would shutter. Mental health is so important yet sadly no help exists. I myself suffer from extreme PTSD and guilt all from doing my job and trying to help others. I have the utmost compassion for that man.
The world is filled with nightmares and unfortunely you don't have to be asleep to experience them
thank you for this comment. I've been having a hard time coming to peace with all the guilt, responsibility and no room for error that has come from working in public mental health service...it got to the point where my PTSD has disabled me from working...but I have been feeling that the problem is with ME. This comment helped me understand my situation better. Thank you 🙏
@@veronikavanquish you are not alone ❤️
@@BBWBrynn much appreciation, sending love
@@BBWBrynn❤️ we are not alone ❤️
Schindler was haunted by the little girl in the red coat, and Kevin was haunted by the little girl next to the vulture. Tragic, needless, senseless suffering.
The world has so much senseless suffering that we could stop in an instant if we were just less greedy
Wow!
What an awesome comparison!
Thank you
I’ve been waiting and hoping someone would soon cover Kevin and the little girls story. I could never have dreamed it would be done with a level of journalism and compassion that Kevin would be proud of.
The world tutted their fingers at him- yet failed to act. They judged with such absolute venom, from the comfort of their homes, paid for with their 9-5 jobs, and reassured themselves “I could never” while they silently flicked the occasional dollar into a homeless persons hat, without ever so much as making eye contact with them.
I wish Kevin had understood that even if he had plucked this little girl off the street and sped her to the nearest hospital, she would have still died. The world isn’t a Hollywood movie.
There are no miracles to be found when a child’s organs have systematically shut down from abject starvation, HIV, parasites, dehydration.
But even if Kevin had appreciated that (which I’m sure he did to some level, he was hardly wet behind the ears)- there is something to be said for the weight of the worlds gaze. Especially when it gazes upon you with such a dispirited absence of compassion.
It’s what the world accused Kevin himself of doing.
All I know is that one looked toward, and another looked away.
Kevin’s gaze never lowered.
My eternal love and compassion to all who love Kevin, and to all who love the nameless little girl.
Thank you for this comment. It's comments like these that have eased my mind a little because I've had trouble with the same thoughts Kevin had recently. Comment like this make me think I do more than profit from misery
@@PeakedInterest I just happened to stumble across this channel and I’m absolutely astounded by the level of professionalism and compassion that fill most of your documentaries. DON’T EVER feel bad for doing this. Sane people realize how much effort has been put towards making these videos while others are no different from that hungry vulture.
It’s absolutely normal to feel the pressure so damn hard while juggling with mixed emotions from the fact that this type of content is being monetized along with haters that trash on you for doing this.
When things get tough, just take a step back and remember that you’re doing this to educate people on matters that will most likely never see the pages of a history book and you ABSOLUTELY DESERVE to be compensated for it!!!
Mad respect for you and your team brother! 👏
While it can be challenging discerning when or if taking photos of tragedies becomes exploitative it’s pertinent to consider that an image such as Carter’s played a large part in alerting the world of what was occurring and motivated other countries to step up and help in a way that a written report would never have done. People who judged him likely couldn’t comprehend the scale of suffering that he was witnessing or the overwhelming sense of powerlessness he must of felt at the all encompassing tragedy surrounding him. It’s obvious he felt strongly about humanity and justice by the choices he made throughout his life and eventually the burden became too great.
Thank you for this documentary. I think Kevin was a good man in an impossible situation. He wanted so badly to change things, but what can one person do in the face of such violence and hate? I’m heartbroken that he never was able to see the true impact and power his work had. Rest in Peace Kevin, and all those who suffered in this senseless conflict.
I guess you can't see so much pain without it creating a scar
My mom would tell me stories about her life during apartheid era, she saw many cruelty and horror during that sad chapter in our country's history. From the police brutality and unjust arrested to necklacing. She Unfortunately loss many family and friends during that period. I'm just extremely fortunate that I was born during the early 00s.
As a foreigner I heard stories on the news but it really never conveyed just how violent and oppressive it really was
My God😢😢😢😢..... Who you actually blame dear i don't know who did all that brutality
I wanted to express thanks for how compassionately you portrayed Kevin Carter in this video. I see so many people show the photo and calously deride him for not helping the child without looking into or adding any context about the fact about him as a person, about the situation and how he was apparently told to directly interfere nor was he allowed to and that there was food tents somewhat near by. But the situation was just so absolutely dire that there this one little girl was a drop in the bucket and this photo did, in fact, take his soul.
I'm an artist myself and so often people project what artists try to convey into the world with what we create/present as a judgement upon our soul, but the connection i feel to my work is really about expressing my view of the world with my soul. That's why terrible people can create such beautiful things and good people can create such terrible (not in quality but like this photo) things. Art is about making people stand up and take attention. Kevin certainly did that, and it cost him everything. It's a sobering reminder to me about the spiritual toll art can take on the artist.
and i know it's morbid to express this here, but i really hope that when more and more info about what actually happened in the delphi indiana murders of 2017 comes out that you'll be able/willing to cover more about it. Not now since everything is still under seal and there hasn't been a trial yet, but they finally made an arrest of a man who is somehow involved and is apparently the man in the final footage that one of the girls managed to capture before she and her friend were murdered. I haven't been following the case closely, knew of it through the stills from what little of the video have been released to the public, but once the arrest was made I quickly saw that there are just a number of people who have made it an absolute circus and have spun elaborate conspiracy theories. This is just to say I appreciate your humanity when approaching a number of these video topics that are used for clickbait with oft-repeated falsehoods.
The Delphi murders is a very common request but I dont cover active cases as I don't have the full information and police typically won't release any (public or private) until they're no longer involved actively. I will cover it eventually though.
This topic in particular really forced me to take a good look at what I have been doing here for the past year and ask myself if I'm a vulture too. It's been an unpleasant thing to live with for a couple of months
he should still help the girl tho. photography isn't an excuse to not help
I love how people every time do that - they pretend something does not happen until they see photo or a video. Only then they ask how can they help. But not in general, but for certain individual they see.
Most of us never think in global scales
I think it's a flaw of human psychology we have far too much apathy until something directly affects us.
These are just not stories, this is education. Thank you for your research and videos.
Thank you. I like to think of them the same way. It's story is a vehicle for history or science to be escorted into your brain.
Rest in peace to Kevin and to all the innocent victims of apartheid. His photo truly changed me when I first saw it and his legacy has opened the eyes of many to the sobering reality of the world.
Completely agree
RIP to the innocent little Girl. Him carrying her to a hospital would have cost him $0.
RIP to humanity
@@lightoffaithchristian4382 ahh yes Sudan in 1993 was defiantly well equipped in that area
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This is an incredible story. Thank you for putting this together and sharing it.
Thanks for making this
Thanks for taking the time to watch it, much appreciated
Absolutely fantastic video and story 👏. Thanks for showing it.
to this day, I STILL hear people spewing hate and vile sentiments about this man, and it just isn't fair
he was just doing what he thought was right, he doesn't deserve to be mocked and slandered for his photography
Nah he couldve saved the kids life
@@Somaliking69 or he could have gotten shot and the photo would have never been published and the public would have never known and people would just keep dying. but yeah, get big mad that he didn't endanger his own life to save a single kid, that's definitely more important. how dare he be an imperfect human person, he should burn in hell huh?
Are you serious? He SHOULD have helped that poor child!!!!@@
@@meltricemcclain-dh4pe or he could have gotten shot and the photo would have never been published and the public would have never known and people would just keep dying. but yeah, get big mad that he didn't endanger his own life to save a single kid, that's definitely more important. how dare he be an imperfect human person, he should burn in hell huh?
@Purpie Slurpie why would he have gotten shot? I'm seriously lost? He said he had to catch a flight, that's why he didn't help the poor child. Also he could have taken the photo and STILL help thr child.
Visit an orphanage in a third world. You don't want to live after that. If babies and children can suffer so much. There is no point in life.
I saw people starving in the street in Brasil and it really shook me.
@@PeakedInterest I'm so sorry. I know the feeling. After seeing that everything in life seems almost pointless. Hopeless suffering for no reason really shakes you to the core.
It really does. I guess that's why everyone tries to remain ignorant because once you've seen it first hand it's impossible to forget it
Thank you for telling this story
Thank you for watching it
I’m trying to go through and comment on any of the videos I haven’t yet (I’m sure you may have noticed by now), so I’m sorry my name in particular keeps popping up in your feed, but I think it’s something I should’ve been doing more often! You deserve a lot more recognition than you get, so I sincerely hope to help with that going forward by interacting with your incredible content every time you post.
On the topic of this particular video, I really really was deeply moved by this. It shows the decades-long impact of the far-reaching soulless interference of “the west.” I enjoy the philosophical edge to this video and getting to know the person behind the deeply troubling image so many of us have come to know. Very well done.
Thank you, I never mind seeing the same names. It's neat for me because I get to know people a bit better and we all learn together.
I try to always provide whatever historical, political or scientific context to the videos so they're more than just sad story on CZcams and these people's sad ends are understood properly
Very well-researched and interesting video. Good job again.
Thank you, I try my best
Thank you for telling Kevin's story. I know that the tug f war between what it feels like to take those pictures and move on is pretty vicious all on its own. No matter how much aid was pushed to a country because of the reaction to the picture, the ones left behind would haunt one no matter what.
I think all we can do through the struggle of that is to remember that the storytellers are also why people are saved.
No matter what telling these kind of stories has a cost, and I don't think there is a way to change that.
Not only did Kevin tell that little girl's story though through his story those who don't or can't understand get another avenue to be better people.
Well said
You have done great job to cover this documentary ❤. Thank you so much from the side kevin..
I am not really happy with this narrative. Kevin had been struggling with drug addiction, he was also financial destitute and you left that part of his final letter out. Also, his good friend named Ken had died just months before. I’ve read several articles on how Kevin had been depressed for years before he ended things.
This isn’t bad journalism but it paints him as having guilt over his job, which I’m not sure was the reason he ended his life.
The dual nature of man.. The moment he took the horrific photo, he was just the purest essence of his photographer self.. He wanted a pic that conveys.. That is a very artistic approach.. His passion for capturing that horror well depicted in the pic consumed him.. Once that was done, he moved on to the next area, probably for another equally artsy pic.. His professionalism and passion blinded him from other deterrent thoughts which, if engaged in, would have spoilt the picture.. But later as his heart realized how mechanically he had reacted in that moment and his action in the right way could have possibly saved the child or atleast prolonged her life by a few more hours or days.. That painful realization hit him hard causing him to lose all will to live on in this world.. The albatross around his neck got way too heavy for him to carry forward.. Personally, I feel he became much more human after his death as that proved beyond all possible doubt that he truly repented not saving the famine-struck child when he could have, at least AFTER taking the photo.. May his soul rest in peace.. 🙏🏻😔
Thanks so much for sharing. 😉👌🏻
Thanks John for taking the time out of your day to watch and comment. It's appreciated
Thanks for making this documentary. I see now a good side of Kevin and not just a oppurtunistic photo journalist.
Rest in peace Kevin.
What a good video; but MAN this one always hits hard.
You should be happy. The censorship you've had to put in some of your videos has barely affected them. Your story telling is so good that I can leave it running in the background and still pay attention, and even with some censorship its all so concise and informative that the censorship is just about irrelevant. Its all great really.
I try to get a video as unaffected as I can, it's a lot of back forth with CZcams about it but I genuinely fight for every photo and video I use because if I didn't feel they were necessary I wouldn't include them. It's nice to see that the weight of the video isn't lost by the minimal censoring I have to do
Fantastic video, Lee. You recount history very clearly and engaging. I do wonder if the photo at 5.52 is Ken Oosterbroek, please ignore if I am incorrect. I read his biography years ago and it’s so heart breaking how strong these men (photographers) stuck together against what they witnessed. Do those who document history have a moral responsibility to try and change it. Where would we be today without photo journalists? I can ultimately look at this photo and carry on with my day, despite how harrowing it is, where Carter couldn’t and I think it’s easy to blame the documenter and not realise all of our roles in bearing witness. I am always glad for your documentation, your respect and teaching. Have you read In Extremis about Marie Colvin? She certainly struggled in only witnessing and then was killed around it.
It was unclear, I suspected it was ken also since it seemed to resemble him more but the website where I found it was one registered to the bang bang club and they labelled it as Kevin so I went with that even though I thought it was Ken as well.
He committed suicide because of his cruelty towards the child and her failure to help her. I think his life was dark. Of his cruelty and eagerness to catch up with the event for the sake of fame and prize. In the end, the eagle did not eat the child. And Kevin Carter ate himself and destroyed it. He who does not consider people's feelings will not consider his feelings
@mokhtaralhetar8326 OH yes, let's blame the messenger who gets the message out and not the criminals who create these wars and the blood sucking soldiers who kill in the name of country.
Your coverage is, as always, phenomenal.
The questions Carter asked himself were quite astonishing, he faced and captured the purest forms of hatred and sadness and ended up dealing with the question of how and why.
There is no relating to the internal struggle he faced after what he must have seen but I can understand he could no longer fathom joy. We may never truly know if the tyres would have been lit otherwise or if the view of the vulture was our own, but they are important questions all the more.
This channel is criminally underrated, ive been binging your videos non stop and the content youre pouring is just pure quality documentaries. Love your work!
Thank you. That's too kind
Really poignant and beautiful video. Been watching you're content for a while now. You really deserve more subs.
Thanks Spiderman. I'm a big fan of yours too, was even in one of your movies.
The only time I had heard of Kevin Carter before was in the manic street preachers song. Now I know who he was. Thank you
Thanks for taking the time to watch
I visited South Africa this summer (or winter in the Southern Hemisphere), and it was beautiful. From the picturesque countrysides, the bustling cities of Cape Town and Johannesburg, the wild nature of its national park, and (most importantly) the resilience and hospitality of the people in every corner of the motherland. It's such a shame that the native populations were subjugated to such terrible crimes.
I think the same can be said for many parts of Africa. Beautiful place with so many historical scars
Dumb take. A career of taking photos of horrific acts plus mental health issues did it. Makes me angry when people are like oh he was fine then this one thing happened and he killed himself. Doesn’t work that way.
I remember studying this image and the affects of it in CATS (critical and theoretical studies) in university & it stuck with a few of my classmates; the interference in nature rules' when you're documenting something so poignant and real can really fuck with a creative. There's always going to be the argument against us (creatives) of 'then don't just document it, do something' and the very real problem of not being able to DO /anything/ BUT document it to bring to light the messed up parts of our very real existence, because maybe someone who CAN do something can do something.
It genuinely made me feel very uncomfortable with what I do.
@@PeakedInterest It's a very sobering realisation for sure, but being able to make that realisation is an inherently human thing. We're always going to be morbid creatures, it's what you do with what you learn that makes you
I try to tell myself that the context and history I give these stories makes it different but making this video really made me question it a lot
@@PeakedInterest which is more than understandable as an empathetic human being. We are not stone gods removed from feeling the distress and sobering responsibilities creatives feel as being in this awkward position of life and real ppl intersecting with the sort of hyperreal disassociation of providing information/story piece/filmographers to ppl who more often than not. Will never be as close to each of the potentially dark and horrible things this world bears for us to suffer. Document. See. And hopefully. Stop or solve.
@@PeakedInterest That's understandable, but I haven't seen another CZcamsr cover topics like these with more empathy. You're very careful not to sensationalize real life horrors, and you provide more than enough context so that viewers can understand why these things are important. There are other content creators who cover topics like this as if they're making a horror movie that happens to be based on real life events. You don't do that. You don't present things as if you're saying, "Look at this awful shit! Aren't you glad it didn't happen to you or anyone you actually care about? Sucks to be them!" I had an editor at a paper I worked for who had that attitude and wanted me to cover mainly crime, arrests, car wrecks, and house fires, and I felt horrible going into the county jail to write down the names of everyone who had been arrested and what they'd been arrested for, knowing I was making one of the worst times in someone's life worse by publishing their name next to what they were charged with, no matter how trivial it was. I hated going up to people who'd just been in an awful car crash and asking them questions. I was held up on the road going back to the office by a car accident, and the first thing she asked me when I got back and explained why I was late was "Did you get pictures?" I replied "Yes," and immediately I felt disgusted with myself and what I was doing. So, I understand how this can get to you, but YOU are not one of those people like my editor.
Weekend starts great with a peaked vid, thank you 👍
You're welcome. Thanks for taking the time to watch
The boy in that picture survived for a longer period of time than Carter did, who committed suicide. He died around 2007 as per his fathers testimonial
Thanks for telling this story. I don't like the fact that to this day, people win prizes over their pictures of others' suffering.
If I'm brutally honest it actually made me have misgivings about what I do here
@@PeakedInterest the best thing you can do for someone is bring awareness to their situation. That’s what he did and that’s what you are doing.
but if he didn't take that photo then majority of people in Western countries would've never known how bad it actually was in Sudan.... His photo is what led to a large movement or charitable/aid organizations to help the starving people in Sudan which you can argue spreading awareness at that level is worth a prize
To be honest, being horrified at the photographers apathy or questioning why he never helped is really questioning ourselves. Shit happens and we criticise from far in our self righteousness, when truly we are all a bit like the vulture looking on in a dog eats dog world. Sickening thought. may we all strive to be above that!
Very thought provoking capture may Kevin rest in peace. He made something move within us at his own expense. Makes one appreciate journalists even more, for all that they do. Thanks for making this video. New sub here!
The documenting of such events in human history is important and essential. Whether any actual good can come out of doing that, is another matter.
That's trye
That photograph is not just heartbreaking and existentially depressing, but it's a reminder of how it personally affected me because it reminded me of how a family member of mine suffered and died, and it reminded me that there are innocent people in this world who did no wrong, did no harm or ill will to anyone, and they ended up suffering and dying for nothing, while at the same time so many wicked people especially those who wear fancy suites are guilty of the most abhorrent of atrocities and they get to walk around free snickering and giggling at the evil acts they committed. It's reminders like that photograph that makes me say. Where is God in all of this? The more I think about it, my sadness turns into anger. I get angry and have so much hatred for God, because it is a testimony to me that God created a giant mess of suffering of what we call a universe on purpose for its own sick games, and it really makes me wish. If I could physically harm God for all the suffering in this universe I would. So many innocent people don't deserve to die from guns, bombs, starvation, all sorts of diseases, and from Human Predators in the halls of Government, Religion, Business, and all other kinds. And God stands silent in all of this is something I can never forgive God for. When I die, I will spit in its many eyes and call out God for what it truly is. A deadbeat parent who never cared about its own creation. I wouldn't care what happens to me, because God has a lot to answer for, and it deserves all the hate and anger that I have for the Creator.
You just put into words a sentiment that many of us mirror. Well said.
What a text! Respect
I thought the same way you did.
My mother showed me that picture 1hour ago an i said to myself: "There is no god"
Respect again for you words.
In the future, this has to be your most watched video. What a masterpiece.
Thank you. I try to give maximum effort
Ahhh, I haven't been getting notifications because when my phone updated, somehow all my channels seem to have reverted to subbed, but "personalized" notifications... What does personalized even mean!?! I haven't been getting any notifications, so personally yt hates me?!?
Well, on to the vid. And thank you Sir, for all your content, your hard work, and always being empathetic but unbiased. You are appreciated. 🙏🖤✌️
Thanks Laura you're always too kind
@@PeakedInterest as always, thank you! I adore your channel. 🖤
You know it exists. You have more than you need. You are no less culpable than the photographer. It’s here in the US too.
This video is even more meaningful in light of the movie Civil War, which I watched a couple weeks ago. It definitely sounds like Carter, or photoreporters like him in general, was of inspiration to the movie. One of the photos that Kirsten Dunst's character is shown to have taken in the past is a necklacing photo.
Garland is known to respect journalism so it's probably likely. I want to watch that movie too, garland is such an excellent writer
age restriction is such a regrettable thing to have to tolerate, and we can blame yt of course
I saw this photo years ago in a collection of photographs in a magazine, but the story as far as I can remember, wasn't included. As someone who has struggled with suicidal thoughts my entire life, for what really amounts to less than what this man went through, hearing his final words really. Struck a chord with me. So much suffering in this world, and for what?
Hope you are doing well!
@@beverlystraus9300 I'm in a better place mentally these days. The wrong people can really hurt you, that's all I'll say.
In that picture, two vultures were hungry actually.
One was hungry for food and another has the hunger of fame.
That's definitely a fair comment, and one which the photographer himself was haunted by.
You are an amazing CZcamsr and deserve millions of subscribers just for this, let alone your other work, I have never seen a more moving video before in my life, thank you
Thank you.
Hmmmm..
The king of story telling
Btw kudos for your research and efforts 😀😉
Thanks man, I try my best
Wow!! After having watched through twice, I am seemingly without words. You've done such an amazing job on this documentary!! There's like a million things I want to say, want to comment on... But don't seem to fit the gravitas of the moment. Just, wow, I think will suffice.
Thank you Laura. Someday I'll have to create a subscriber of the year award just so I can give it to you 🙂
@@PeakedInterest 😉🙏🖤
Great video. If you haven't covered it already, the photograph of Evelyn McHale is an interesting one.
I'll take a look at the story , thanks
I’m going to go hug my children now ☹️
“Some cultures don’t like to be photographed….they believe a photograph takes your soul”
Growing up in a remote village in northern Ghana, I was often told this very statement in exactly the same words in my native Dagaare language.
Why blame carter for creating awareness? Gov'ts are at times cruel to humanity and that picture depicts it all.
You would think people learn from this but now it’s the other way around.
Apathy is by far the worst of human attributes.
Powerful stuff, and I never knew he killed himself after all that he'd seen. May his spirt fine the peave it was looking for o7
Thank you. To a much different extent I've had recent struggles about the type of videos I make here, triggered mostly by the struggle Kevin had with what he did.
Admittedly I skipped through a good portion of this to get to the ending, but, geez, how sad for that poor young man. Guess it would/very well could take that sort of toll on someone.
I don’t know if their is a more powerful photo ever taken than this.
Wow I had no idea the whole story behind this
Then I did my job properly
0.45 ill never forget that footage dam
It takes a strong man to take a picture of a starving child with a waiting vulture… it was hard for him to carry on living after that image!!!
Incredible
Thank you
I recall reading the book The Bang Bang Club, incredible brutal read, the movie was also very confronting. I work as a news photographer I've covered some pretty awful situations over the years that absolutely leave a mark, but nothing on the scale of what Kevin witnessed and documented.
Yeah that's the book about him. It was also the name of his photographer group. Being a war photographer isn't for the faint hearted
@@PeakedInterest yeah amazing story they were a ballsy set of lads for sure I just checked there’s a full movie upload on CZcams gonna watch it tonight 📷
@paultaylorphotography9499 I'd say enjoy but it's genuinely harrowing. Some of the images from the mass starvations still live with me now
@@PeakedInterest agreed mate it’s a confrontational movie for sure they pull no punches at all
The real problems in south africa really started with the brits. Dutch settlers basicly colonized a empty land and had proper relations with the san neighbours. The boer wars drove them north and created conflict with the rapidly expanding and also very brutal zulu's. Most of the modern southafrican population were not enslaved and moved in much later. Apartheid was very convienient not just for white rule but to keep warring tribes seperate. It is not as black and white as portrayed here.
Plus Africans enslaved Africans before.
@@fidelio9301 Yes slavery was pretty much a universal institution until the west outlawed it. Some parts of the world have slavery to this day.
@@simdal3088 It’s just there’s different types of slavery. Not all of it was like the 18th century slave trade.
I heard that this little girl did indeed survive but died 14 years later secondary to malaria.
This case annoys the living shit out of me, but I think this is the most credible theory I've heard. It's also really rather obvious as an option once stated, and yet I've never seen anyone else mention it, nor did I ever think of it either. To my mind, you've provided a very viable possibility for a long-standing mystery in fewer than thirteen minutes. Impressive.
I can't even imagine doing a job like Kevin Carter taking photographs of tragic thing's it must of been so so hard for him to witness these cruel episodes of hard worn life may you Kevin Carter rip
the Vulture and the Little Girl is a profound and haunting photo
Couldn’t agree more
There are no words. Absolutely beautiful writing.
That kora music in the middle of the video is really beautiful, source?
Sounds like it might be Foday Musa Suso?
The msuic for the section about Sudan history?
sometimes im ashamed to become human
human killing each other for land,power and resources
some even kill just for fun
earth is huge....plenty of lands,plenty of foods enough for all....yet some people have no home and no food
My perspective about Carter has entirely changed
So sad 😭😭😭
With a title like that. Who can't click.
That's music to my ears because making clickable titles is something I'm not sure I'm good at
Rest in peace my friend Kevin :(
How very sad.
Thanku not for telling Kevin's story.... But about western world's brutality, cruel ism, and much more
damn this was a banger. how haunting. how eerie. RIP
Thank you.
@@PeakedInterest your very welcome - it was a real eye opening documentary and I think you did super well with it. You have some serious talent in storytelling and this medium seems to compliment your style well. A very well made video is easy to spot on CZcams nowadays, with all the shit on here; and this has that special CZcams documentary charm. Self made, for the love of the craft and to share the story!! I make true crime vids for a different channel (truecrime69) and I would be happy to be able to produce something on this level some day :)
Appreciate your response
Link me your channel ID like to take a look.
wasnt sure if the link would work!
You can email it to me @ peakedinterestyt@gmail.com and I'll take a look 🙂
Kevin Carter wss only 34yrs old ...im shocked by that. I thought he was a much older man.
People who were angered on him for not taking action- what did they expect him to do? Save the girl? Dude, you remember South Sudan was in chaos right? Was there really any hospital? Even if there was one, did you think the military would allow him to do so? Those people, did they think they could do something to that poor girl even if they were in that place like Carter?? I doubt so. Not only they were unable to help the poor little girl, they putted pressure on Carter- it was so saddening.
shit man, tragic yet very beautiful... cant imagine what has gone inside his mind that its enough to drive him suicide... also well made video
South Africa for years are like that starvation and violence
Dude it can take a tire up to 3 days to burn, putting it on someone wtf I literally have to shake the thought off when I think about it, man can people be cold blooded..
What I have read is, after taking that photo, he shooed away the vulture and just left , without helping that kid, and that guilt he carried lifelong.
I remember seeing that photo on FB when i was a kid, it was edited with some text but i dont remember what it said
Usually it's edited with a quote from his suicide note
@@PeakedInterest it was spanish text since im hispanic (colombian) and it was my family who shared it, most likely it was motivational text or something about sharing the post to send prayers or some stuff like that, i do remember it had nothing to do with Carter
I haven't seen that one. If you find it though feel free to link it
@@PeakedInterest it would be very hard to find, that was around 2010 - 2015 when i saw it
Heaven help me. He tried to commit suicide by drinking amongst other things rat poison, when he was a DJ - long before he became a photographer. Everything is not the fault of Jan van Riebeeck .
He didn't even tried to ask about that girl is alive or not ? If he just took a step to find the answer, he would have not done suicide because that girl was safe and alive .
The Bell Curve - Charles A Murray
And yet apartheid continues to this day in the heart of the "middle east", with full western unconditional support.
Manic Street Preachers have a song named Kevin Carter
It's named after this chap.
An absolutely awesome song by the way that got me into the band. Researched the background of the song so I am well aware of his tragic story 😢
thanks for the story. I do want to clarify however that the Egyptians by no means had control over conquering or administrating Sudan. This is a fallacy. Sudan was conquered by the British after they gained control over Egypt; and simply used Egyptian troops so as to further their cause.
Every European should give money that they had looted from colonalised country and give them back money no matter whether it on bad debt or not
What I learnt in this video is that it says you to become a petron of this channel
I know about the culture .Even taking photos in Germany is taboo .A remarkable story of a sensitive man and so much chaos built from colonial greed .The starvation was and remains to this day a disgrace and yet no world power dealt with it .Much easier to trade in weapons and lucrative .Ironical that US blocked aid after 9:11..That aid would / could have made such a difference .Not one of us can choose where we are born. Unlike online shopping we have no say in it and there is no returns policy The rather well off Western Powers would do well to remember this .A very moving record. Kevin Carter was a good man who knew he could work to change things and as much as he was one person he did ..No politicians could match his humanity ...Thank you..
thanks for such kind words Helena and welcome back again. nice to see you
@@PeakedInterest your channel is addictive that plus a coffee is great...
thank you, I try to make the videos as interesting and compelling as I can without being tabloidy, hopefully I achieve that
@@PeakedInterest 👍your mission is always accomplished .Impressive narration and presentation ...
thanks so much
"it's" means "it is".
The Tragic Tale of The Apostrophe that Killed "its" Possessive Pronoun... Sorry for the silly satire, but "it's" the only thing that plagues this masterpiece. That aside, please do continue creating these epic videos! Unlike me for the ladies "keep it up" as you've constantly peaked my interest. Great video!
The House of Leaves
He did a great job, but he could also help her. He did take a pic of her the least he could of done was give her something.