Wednesday, 2 March 2016
Monday, 18 January 2016
Reflection on Kevin Carter's photo
The photo Kevin Carter took was a Pulitzer winner award. It was a picture about a emaciated toddler struggling to make her way to the food station. When she stopped to rest, a vulture landed landed nearby with his eye on the little girl. Carter took twenty minutes to take the photo, wanting the best shot possible.
When we saw this picture, we realised that the purpose of this picture is to raise awareness of the extreme poverty and underdevelopment of the place, with intention to build a mentality in the public of helping the people. However, a question struck our head, why did the photographer not save her but trying to take pictures?
We searched the Internet and found out some information. Carter was instructed not to touch the people due to the fear of transmitting disease. Thus we infer from this that deep in his heart, Carter wants to help the toddler but was held back by the circumstances then.
The concept of all these is about poverty and underdevelopment. We assumed that Carter did not do anything for the toddler.
The implication and consequences were that the public were enraged by the photo and questioned Carter if he did anything for the toddler. He later won the Pulitzer award but in the end he committed suicide as he was regretful.
Our point of view is that Carter should not bear the full responsibility for the toddler. There was not much Carter could do for the toddler besides chasing away the vulture, in all actuality.
When we saw this picture, we realised that the purpose of this picture is to raise awareness of the extreme poverty and underdevelopment of the place, with intention to build a mentality in the public of helping the people. However, a question struck our head, why did the photographer not save her but trying to take pictures?
We searched the Internet and found out some information. Carter was instructed not to touch the people due to the fear of transmitting disease. Thus we infer from this that deep in his heart, Carter wants to help the toddler but was held back by the circumstances then.
The concept of all these is about poverty and underdevelopment. We assumed that Carter did not do anything for the toddler.
The implication and consequences were that the public were enraged by the photo and questioned Carter if he did anything for the toddler. He later won the Pulitzer award but in the end he committed suicide as he was regretful.
Our point of view is that Carter should not bear the full responsibility for the toddler. There was not much Carter could do for the toddler besides chasing away the vulture, in all actuality.
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