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Should the Press be Human ? 2016.5.1 Time: March 1993 Place: Sudan Event:  taking picture of an emaciated(消瘦 的） child with a vulture behind Does this photo ring a bell? Kevin Carter He was a prominent South African photojournalist. In 1993, he started documenting the rebel movement in Sudan. He was the recipient of a Pulitzer prize for his photograph depicting the 1993famine in Sudan. He committed suicide at the age of 33. ✤ Carter’s picture sparked a wide reaction almost overnight soon after he sent it to the New York Times . Since the image was very engaging and it perfectly illustrated the effects of the famine in Sudan, the photo won the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography in 1993, as well as the award for the American Magazine Picture of the Year. However, he came under heavy criticism for just photographing and not helping the child. Some non-American journalists called his photograph a “fluke”. The man adjusting his lens to take just the right frame of her suffering, might just as well be a predator, another vulture on the scene. --The St. Petersburg Times in Florida In his famous picture of the vulture stalking the Sudanese girl, I began to see the embodiment of his troubled psyche.” --Filmmaker Dan Krauss Despite the widespread criticism, several journalists praised Carter. Bob Steele, the director of the ethics program at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, explained the importance of photojournalists: “There were, ideally, lots of other peo