Bearing witness to the unfathomable

Lyss
Lyss
Sep 1, 2018 · 3 min read

And we know a little about the cost of being traumatized that drove some to suicide, that, yes, these people were human beings operating under the most demanding of conditions.

Desmond Tutu on the death of Kevin Carter.

When the now famous photo of The vulture and the little girl*, capturing the suffering of the Sudanese famine, was first published in the New York Times on March 26, 1993 countless letters from readers followed. Many considered Carter to be guilty of exploiting human suffering. Others where asking about the fate of the starving…

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