The Boy and the Missionary in Famine

Photographer: Mike Wells

Year of Photography: 1980

Introduction: April 1980 , photographer Mike Wells took this famous photo, which has also appeared in the textbook of one of our courses, and I think everyone should be familiar with it. I remember that the first time I saw this picture, I didn’t dare to look directly at it. The heart-wrenching feeling I still can’t forget. What makes photographer Mike Wells very angry is that the photo has not been published five months after it was taken. A photo that could have attracted social attention earlier was submitted to a photography competition five months later. . Mike Wells himself had never been to the competition and refused to win with a photo of starving people.