Monday, July 23, 2007

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.

8 comments:

beatsnatcher said...

chong check mo rin to:
http://www.smart-kit.com/s225/powerful-words-by-carl-sagan/

we should all just quit whining and realize that compared to other people, we actually have it good.

we are all inconsequential. the problems that we face are inconsequential.

vin said...

korek!

Claudio Rodriguez Valdes said...

Hey... wow thats so sad.. I had seen that pic before... but sometimes is a good reminder for us to see how well we all are.

Great blog... and nice sense of humor

Thanks for sharing
Caudio

vin said...

thanks dude

Anonymous said...

It makes me realise how lucky i am.. thanks man..

kellecker said...

after all the whining, the complaints, here i am...still blessed with such decent lifestyle. thanks chong for this...i realize life is so short to indulge oneself in self pity and instead, reach out to others so as to fulfill oneself in such ways we could never imagine...

Anonymous said...

napanaginipan ko yang picture na yan... grabe... just read my post about this one.. :)

http://jeangr3y.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/bangungot-nga-ba/

vin said...

eeekkk! katakot naman. baka naman gutom lang yung bata. hihi