Obituary: Award-winning photographer kills himself, haunted by the horrors he witnessed during his short and brilliant career
Kevin Carter took the picture above of the three AWB members being shot during their abortive invasion of Bophuthatswana just before the South African election. It was a picture that made nearly every front page in the world, the one real photograph of the whole campaign.
Carter ran out of film halfway through the incident, every photographer's nightmare, but still got enough pictures to shock the world. It will probably win the news category of the World Press Photographic Competition to be judged later this year. Unfortunately Carter will not be there to collect his prize. Late on Wednesday night, he killed himself on the outskirts of Johannesburg. The horrors he had witnessed over the years had finally caught up with him. In his line of work, it was often hard to look, let alone photograph.
Continue reading...