an image that can change the world

while i was clicking on stumbleupon for some interesting sites, i saw this picture:


this photograph taken by kevin carter won a pulitzer prize for feature photography. a vulture watches a starving child in southern sudan, march 1, 1993. his winning photo shows a heart-breaking scene of a starving child collapsed on the ground, struggling to get to a food center during a famine in the sudan in 1993. in the background, a vulture stalks the emaciated child. carter was part of a group of four fearless photojournalists known as the "bang bang club" who traveled throughout south africa capturing the atrocities committed during apartheid. haunted by the horrific images from sudan, carter committed suicide in 1994 soon after receiving the award.

after seeing this, i realize that i shouldn't be complaining about senseless stuff. i mean here i am, able to eat a decent meal three times a day and yet i keep on thinking that i've been deprived a lot (yeah, i'm such a brat!). guess the title of the page where i got this photo was right. that one image can change the world.