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Kevin Carter
Kevin Carter 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 less than four months afterwards, at the age of 33. His story is depicted in the book The Bang-Bang Club, written by Greg Marinovich and João Silva and published in 2000.
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culture · South African photojournalist (1960–1994) · war photographer · photojournalist · journalist · photographer · also Kevin Carter, Carter
Born 13 September 1960 · Died 27 July 1994 · Q262660
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2026· 4 entries
“the most warlike nation in the history of the world”
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“Has No Functioning Democracy”
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“s attack on Barack Obama was”
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2019· 1 entry
“by Ernie Suggs, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (September 18, 2019) I still have complete confidence that the United States, if given time, will resolve its problems. We have always been able to do that in the past, whenever we faced difficult questions. The United States still has that innate strength. As quoted in”
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2018· 1 entry
“I normalized diplomatic relations with China in 1979. Since 1979, do you know how many times China has been at war with anybody? None. And we have stayed at war,”
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2014· 1 entry
“violates the essence of what made America a great country in its political system. Now, it”
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2011· 1 entry
The child's father revealed that the child was actually a boy named Kong Nyong, and had been taken care of by the UN food aid station
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1994· 3 entries
Died 1994-07-27.
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Awarded Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography (1994).
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Of a Pulitzer Prize for his photograph depicting the 1993 famine in Sudan; he died by suicide less than four months afterwards, at the age of 33
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1984· 1 entry
Moved on to work for the Johannesburg Star, exposing the brutality of apartheid
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1983· 2 entries
Carter returned to Johannesburg and took a job in a photographic supply store
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Decided to become a news photographer and journalist
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1980· 1 entry
Witnessed a black mess-hall waiter being insulted
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1977· 1 entry
“An Open Letter to Mr. Carter”
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1960· 1 entry
Born 1960-09-13.
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