12/04/2025
THE SECOND VULTURE:
In the 1990's there was a widely circulated photo of a vulture waiting for a starving little gìrĺ to dìè and feast on her corp. That photo was taken during the 1993/94 famine in Sudan, by Kevin Carter, a South African photojournalist, who later won the Pulitzer Prize for this 'amazing shot'..
However, as Kevin Carter was savouring his feat and being celebrated on major news channels and networks worldwide for such an 'exceptional photographic skill', he lived just for a few months to enjoy his supposed achievemnt and fame, as he later got dèprèssèd and took his own life!
Kevin Carter's dèprèssion started, when during one of such interviews (a phone-in programme), someone called in and asked him what happened to the little gìrĺ. He simply replied, "I didn't wait to find out after this sh0t, as I had a flight to catch..." Then the caller said, "I put it to you that there were two vultures on that day, one had a camera".*
*Thus, his constant thought of that statement, later led to dèprèssion and he ultimàtèly committed sui.cidè. Kevin Carter could have still been alivè today and even much more famous, if he had just picked that little girl up and taken her to the United Nations Feeding Center, where she was attempting to reach or at least take her to somewhere safe.
Today, regrettably this is what is happening all around the world. The world celebrates stùpiditÿ and inhumàne act, at the dètrimènt of others. 😔
Kevin Carter should have taken the girl away from that place, which will cost him nothing, yet he didn't. Here is the inhùmàn posture, "he had all time to take his sh0t, but he had no time to save the girl's life"...
Thus, we must all understand that, the purpose of life, is to also touch lives. So are you too a Vulture. In whatever we do, let humanity come first, before what we stand to gain out of the situation. In all we do let's always think of others and how we can be of benefit to humanity, how we can lend a helping hand... True 💯
Credit: Author
📸 Kavin Carter
