Kevin Carter

Kevin Carter
Born(1960-09-13)13 September 1960
Died27 July 1994(1994-07-27) (aged 33)
Parkmore, Johannesburg, South Africa
OccupationPhotojournalist
Notable workThe Vulture and the Little Girl

Kevin Carter (13 September 1960 – 27 July 1994)[1] was a South African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang Club. He was the recipient in 1994 of a Pulitzer Prize for his photograph depicting the 1993 famine in Sudan; he died by suicide four months after at the age of 33. His story is depicted in the book The Bang-Bang Club,[2] written by Greg Marinovich and João Silva and published in 2000.

  1. ^ McCabe, Eamonn (30 July 2014). "From the archive, 30 July 1994: Photojournalist Kevin Carter dies". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  2. ^ Marinovich & Silva 2000, pp. 1–254.