Hunger

[donnashuggy]

My favourite pic today

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[raptor_rebooted]

“The parents of the children were busy taking food from the plane, so they had left their children only briefly while they collected the food. This was the situation for the girl in the photo taken by Carter. A vulture landed behind the girl. To get the two in focus, Carter approached the scene very slowly so as not to scare the vulture away and took a photo from approximately 10 meters. He took a few more photos before chasing the bird away.”

[polksaladallie]

Whoopee!  Prize won!

[raptor_rebooted]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

Nothing would have stopped me from scooping up that child (BTW it was not a baby) and taking him/her to safety.

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why do you keep repeating that after you 

learnt more about the photo?

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

yeah, but it says he took 20 minutes to get around to chasing that vulture away.

bloody sad, whichever way you look at it.

He was damned if he did and damned if he didn't

[polksaladallie]

Because it is the truth.  No amount of attacks will bash the compassion out of me.

[vicr3000]

Polks

They are not attacks, they are different points of view.

If you reckon that is an attack, you really are something else.

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@polksaladallie wrote:

Because it is the truth.  No amount of attacks will bash the compassion out of me.

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i dont think it is fair that you accuse the photographer

of lack of compassion.  you were not there and you now

know the facts told by people who were there.

[bluecat*dancing]

I don't understand how that shot could even be staged - unless you had a very well-trained vulture.

I can only imagine how horrible it would have been to be surrounded by such heartbreak and know that  a display of human kindness such as a touch would have resulted in not only the death of a child but also those with compromised immune systems who came into contact with her. Professional photographers are there to capture images not to make things worse.

[polksaladallie]

Read post #20.   Those Australians were immunised also, they didn't stop to take photos hoping to win a prize.  The children were in the same condition. 

I have stated what I would do.  End of story.

[polksaladallie]

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@bluecat*dancing wrote:

I don't understand how that shot could even be staged - unless you had a very well-trained vulture.

I can only imagine how horrible it would have been to be surrounded by such heartbreak and know that  a display of human kindness such as a touch would have resulted in not only the death of a child but also those with compromised immune systems who came into contact with her. Professional photographers are there to capture images not to make things worse.

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The Pulitzer Prize winning image shows a girl who was exhausted and taking a break while on her way to a feeding center. Kevin Carter took about 20 minutes to get the shot of the vulture and the baby in focus without scaring off the vulture.

 Not staged?