Kevin Carter was the object of praise and scorn for his work in war-torn countries. And it took a fatal toll.
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Later, it became painfully clear that he hadn’t been detached at all. He had been deeply, fatally affected by the horrors he had witnessed
The Bang Bang Club is the real life story of a group of four young combat photographers – Greg Marinovich, Joao Silva, Kevin Carter and Ken Oosterbroek – bonded by friendship and their sense of purpose to tell the truth. They risked their lives and used t
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The Bang Bang Club is the real life story of a group of four young combat photographers – Greg Marinovich, Joao Silva, Kevin Carter and Ken Oosterbroek – bonded by friendship and their sense of purpose to tell the truth. They risked their lives and used their camera lenses to tell the world of the brutality and violence associated with the first free elections in post Apartheid South Africa in the early 90s. This intense political period brought out their best work (two won Pulitzers during the period) but cost them a heavy price. Based on the book of the same name by Marinovich and Silva, the film stars Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman and Taylor Kitsch and explores the thrill, danger and moral questions associated with exposing the truth.
Mellow actor gained intensity for gritty photojournalist
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And now he’s in Cannes to promote something a little less hunky and a little more serious: The Bang Bang Club, an upcoming movie, which may not be released for a year or so, about four real-life press photographers whose pictures of African suffering helped bring an end to apartheid in South Africa.
Kitsch plays Kevin Carter, a legendary photojournalist who took a picture of a starving child in the Sudan, dying, while a vulture perched nearby.
“By far the most challenging role I’ve ever had in my life,” he said, and for several reasons.
Showcase: The Bang Bang Club (Part 1 of 2) – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com:
Though legendary in photojournalism circles, the Bang Bang Club never formally existed. It was really more of a bond among four young photographers — Kevin Carter, Greg Marinovich, Ken Oosterbroek and Joao Silva — united by their ideals, their photography and the historical events unfolding in South Africa in the 1990s.