On 3/2/10 9:24 AM, "Thaths" <tha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Before you write off photojournalists as manipulators out just tug at > your heartstrings with a hidden agenda, you should read about what > happened to the photographer who took the iconic photograph of that > starving child with a hovering vulture nearby. > > http://www.mukto-mona.com/Articles/kevin_carter/sudan_child.htm
Sorry, to be clear, the suicide note includes other things too: "depressed . . . without phone . . . money for rent . . . money for child support . . . money for debts . . . money!!! . . . I am haunted by the vivid memories of killings & corpses & anger & pain . . . of starving or wounded children, of trigger-happy madmen, often police, of killer executioners . . . " And then this: "I have gone to join Ken if I am that lucky." But you have triggered me to think about my pet topic of "The Danger of a Story" [1][2]. [1] http://blog.ted.com/2009/10/the_danger_of_a.php [2] http://tedxmidatlantic.com/live/#TylerCowen
