A couple weeks ago, in New York subway station a homeless guy who is presumed a mentally unbalanced person pushed 50-year-old man Han Ki-Suk to the approaching train and brought about him to die in a harsh way.According to eyewitnesses,Han tried to calm down the aggressive man who disturbed people in the station, nevertheless the criminal became frantic and pushed him to railroad line.Then the police authorities later arrested the homeless guy Naeem Davis.Yet this incident is not that simple as it is seen.The main part of it is the photograph that was taken seconds before he lost his life.Thus New York Post using this photo divided the world public opinion into two groups by giving "...This man is about to die DOOMED." title.
On the one hand,NY Post readers criticised the photographer brutally for taking picture instead of helping him.In order to defend Umar Abbasi, NY Posy answered back that actually he was running toward the train to warn the officer in charge by flashlighting consantly.Then Abbasi added his statement that I was too far away from the train to reach him before its arrival and due to shock I wasn't aware of taking many pictures.However, both answers were not sufficient to satify people.
On the other hand,Abbasi was supported by his colleaques.One of said,"Honestly I don't find him guilty as there were many other people in the station and none of them helped Han Ki-Suk.Thus, in this case either everyone have to be blamed or nobody is found guilty."
As each side has sensible defensive points,it looks like this argument continues to be one of the top topics in the world.
This picture is among ten photographs that changes the world and was taken by Kevin Carter,an award-winning South African photojournalist.Therefore, what is the story of it? What makes it special?
In March 1993,while on a trip to Sudan,he saw a child who was starving to death and trying to reach United Nations feeding center which was in 1 kilometer distance and a vulture which was waiting for child death.In spite of heartbreaking situation, Carter just took a picture of them and left doing nothing but his "JOB".Then he sold it to New York Times.The day (26 March 1993) it was published, abruptly it became known worldwide and transferred to other newspapers.Hundreds of people contacted to Times to ask the fate of the girl.The newspaper reported that it was unknown whether she had managed to reach the feeding center.In fact, people guessed her fate yet nobody wanted to say it aloud.A year after it was taken, the photograph won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography.However,his regret obstructed all his fulfillment for winning the award.In the end, he couldn't stand and committed a suicide at the age of 33.
Anyone who is curious about his life can watch his documentary which is The Death of Kavin Carter:Casualty of The Bang Bang Club.
All in all,after reading and comparing these pictures can you find the similarity? What would you do if you were one of these photographers? Do you think people solely live for popularity or humanity? Which one? What would be your choice? Everyone should ask these questions to theirselves.
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