Heartbreaking News! South African Cinematographer Carlos Carvalho Passes Away Following Tragic Incident With Giraffe
By Lauren Lewis – May 7, 2018
WAN joins the countless people worldwide who are mourning the passing of award-winning South African cinematographer Carlos Carvalho.
Tragically, Carvalho was attacked by a giraffe while on assignment at the Glen Afric Country Lodge near Pretoria, the capital of South Africa.
“It is with a very sad heart that we have to announce the passing of Carlos Carvalho, one of our favorite DOP’s,” filming company CallaCrew announced on its Facebook page on Thursday, one day after the tragic incident. “Carlos was filming a feature at Glen Afric and had a fatal run-in with a giraffe on set.”
Carvalho had been flown by helicopter to Netcare Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg, where he later succumbed to his head injuries.
The 47-year-old filmmaker was reportedly shooting close-ups of Gerald, the giraffe, when…
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Exposing the Big Game 
This was very sad – but a tragic accident. The headlines were screaming ‘Giraffe kills photographer’! But I think it was simply a matter of being to close to a wild animal. It’s sad that it happened to someone who only meant the best.
Right, it said he did no wrong, but by getting too close it made the giraffe look bad when it accidentally killed him.
Even in this article, it says an ‘attack’, but then later that the giraffe was spooked by the camera boom.
Right, the press is painting the wrong picture.