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Another Jackalope

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16. The boy in the photo made it to the feeding station

Reply to Mosby (Reply #14)

Thu Jun 2, 2022, 03:39 PM

Jun 2022

and survived for another 14 years.

Kevin Carter, the photographer, left the following as portions of his suicide note:

I'm really, really sorry. The pain of life overrides the joy to the point that joy does not exist. …depressed … without phone … money for rent … money for child support … money for debts … money!!! … I am haunted by the vivid memories of killings & corpses & anger & pain … of starving or wounded children, of trigger-happy madmen, often police, of killer executioners … I have gone to join Ken if I am that lucky.

There is a lot of unsupportable pain in being a PJ in war-torn regions, with the constant, nagging dilemma of when to shoot and when to help.

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"A single photo can change the world. I know, because I took one that did." [View all] Nevilledog Jun 2022 OP

So glad he also helped her. I often wonder if such photographers put aside their journalist role Karadeniz Jun 2022 #1

I remember reading an article about that "little girl" BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #2

Photos like that are hard to look at. But they do let you see things you might not want to. captain queeg Jun 2022 #3

I used to work with Nick Ut while at the AP. calimary Jun 2022 #4

im conflicted Mosby Jun 2022 #5

She lived, thrived, and forgave utopian Jun 2022 #7

She and Nick Ut are both still alive Another Jackalope Jun 2022 #13

I'm talking about the photo in my post. Mosby Jun 2022 #14

The boy in the photo made it to the feeding station Another Jackalope Jun 2022 #16

... Skittles Jun 2022 #20

Is this about guns ? Becsuse the ones that oppose gun control JI7 Jun 2022 #6

I remember her so well -- and the boy beside her, his face a rictus of utter terror... Hekate Jun 2022 #8

If not photos, Drs telling us over and over again the damage these guns cause to the body. Nevilledog Jun 2022 #11

A thousand doctors yakking would not, and would never, have the impact of one photograph. Nay Jun 2022 #24

It is passed time dai13sy Jun 2022 #21

I was thinking about this photo just a day or two ago. llmart Jun 2022 #22

Hard as they may be to look at, the public needs to see photos of the destruction wrought by guns. Lonestarblue Jun 2022 #9

My memories of this picture are still vivid as is that whole war. Paper Roses Jun 2022 #10

Many, if not most people under 30 were already against that war Warpy Jun 2022 #12

I was 16. The Jungle 1 Jun 2022 #15

Fifty years ago I hoped the picture of Earth from space would change the world. spike jones Jun 2022 #17

That one and Eddie Adams' "Saigon Execution" Another Jackalope Jun 2022 #18

I will NEVER forget sitting in a doctor's office looking at TIME Magazine's My Lai coverage. TygrBright Jun 2022 #19

K&R Blue Owl Jun 2022 #23