Kevin Carter
1960 – 1994 · aged 34
South African photojournalist
- Born
- 13 Sept 1960 · Johannesburg
- Died
- 27 Jul 1994 · Johannesburg
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 13 Sept 1960BornBorn in Johannesburg
- 1994AwardPulitzer Prize for Feature Photography
- 27 Jul 1994DiedDied in Johannesburg
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1960 – 1994).
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
Biography
Kevin Carter (13 September 1960 – 27 July 1994) was a South African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang Club. He was the recipient in 1994 of a Pulitzer Prize for his photograph depicting the 1993 famine in Sudan; he died by suicide less than four months afterwards, at the age of 33. His story is depicted in the book The Bang-Bang Club, written by Greg Marinovich and João Silva and published in 2000.
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