Kevin Carter | |
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Born | |
Died | 27 July 1994 Parkmore, Johannesburg, South Africa | (aged 33)
Occupation | Photojournalist |
Notable work | The 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.