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Note from the road

Thirty years ago, South African press photographer Kevin Carter committed suicide.

July 27: 30th anniversary of Kevin Carter’s death

His photo from Sudan went around the world in March 1993: a child, emaciated to the skeleton, crouches in the sand while a vulture lurks behind him. Kevin Carter received the Pulitzer Prize for this work. Two months later, the South African committed suicide in Johannesburg. More here.


Kevin Carter / Rebecca Hearfield
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