This is one of Kevin Carters most “iconic”, but “controversial” images which was published in the New York Times in 1993. The image of the collapsed Sudanese girl and the vulture leave the viewers in suspense because they don’t get a second image leaving them to image what happened next. The image is cold and depressing because the little girl was on her way to a feeding centre when the picture was taken and because of the vultures stance it seems like he thinks the little girl is there prey. This image shows the real struggles which people who live in these parts of the world experience and it shows what many people don’t see in everyday life.

Carter got a lot of backlash for this image and was scrutinised for not helping the little girl which led to his unfortunate suicide due to being blamed, but what the public didn’t see was what surrounded the girl. The child was just outside the feeding centre with her parents but unfortunately collapsed when Carter took the picture.