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Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News
Photography
2005
Winner
Associated Press Staff
For its stunning series of photographs of bloody yearlong combat
inside Iraqi cities.
(Nominated Finalists)
Arko Datta of Reuters
For his picture that captured a woman’s anguish in the aftermath
of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
Staff of Palm Beach Post
For its imaginative & panoramic coverage of hurricanes that
struck Florida
2004
Winner
David Leeson & Cheryl Diaz Meyer of Dallas Morning News
For their eloquent photographs depicting both the violence &
poignancy of the war with Iraq.
(Nominated Finalists)
Staff of Associated Press
For its evocative, panoramic portrayal of the war in Iraq.
Chris Hondros of Getty Images
For his powerful & courageous coverage of the bloody upheaval in
Liberia (moved by the jury from the Feature Photography
category).
2003
Winner
Photography Staff of Rocky Mountain News
For its powerful, imaginative coverage of Colorado's raging
forest fires.
(Nominated Finalists)
Carolyn Cole of Los Angeles Times
For her extraordinarily intimate depiction of the siege of the
Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
Photography Staff of Washington Times
For its vivid capturing of the events & emotions stirred by the
sniper killings in the Washington, D.C., region.
2002
Winner
New
York Times Staff
For its consistently outstanding photographic coverage of the
terrorist attack on New York City & its aftermath.
(Nominated Finalists)
Tyler Hicks & James Hill of New York Times
For their comprehensive portfolio of dramatic yet humane images
from the war in Afghanistan.
Thomas E. Franklin of Record, Hackensack, N.J.
For his memorable photograph of three firefighters raising an
American flag amidst the wreckage of the World Trade Center
towers.
2001
Winner
Alan Diaz of Associated Press
For his photograph of armed U.S. federal agents seizing the
Cuban boy Elián Gonzalez from his relatives' Miami home
(Nominated Finalists)
Rachel Ritchie of Providence Journal
For her photograph of an armed man who shot four people at a
local street fair.
Chris Gerald (a pseudonym) of Agence France-Presse
For his photograph of a Palestinian youth triumphantly raising
his bloodstained hands after two Israeli soldiers were killed.
2000
Winner
Photo Staff of Denver Rocky Mountain News
For its powerful collection of emotional images taken after the
student shootings at Columbine High School.
(Nominated Finalists)
Photo Staff of Seattle Times
For its photos of the rioting that disrupted the annual
conference of the World Trade Organization
Lacy Atkins of San Francisco Examiner
For her exuberant portrait of U.S. athlete Brandi Chastain after
she scored the winning goal of the Women’s World Cup Soccer
Final.
1999 - Staff of Associated Press - For its portfolio of
images following the embassy bombing in Kenya & Tanzania that
illustrates both the horror & the humanity triggered by the
event.
(Nominated Finalists)
Photo Staff of Eugene (OR) Register-Guard-For its coverage of a
community recoiling then recovering from a brutal shooting spree
at a local high school
Mike Stocker of Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - For his
consistently powerful photographs of the devastation caused by
Hurricane Mitch on Central America.
1998 - Martha Rial of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - For her
life-affirming portraits of survivors of the conflicts in Rwanda
& Burundi.
(Nominated Finalists)
Photo Staff of Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald - For its committed
coverage of the severe flooding that devastated their community.
Jean-Marc Bouju of Associated Press - For his chilling sequence
of seven photographs in Zaire depicting rebel soldiers beating &
then executing a man believed to be a member of Mobuto Sese
Sekos' presidential guard.
1997 - Annie Wells of Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, Calif. -
For her dramatic photograph of a local firefighter rescuing a
teenager from raging floodwaters.
(Nominated Finalists)
Alexander Zemlianichenko of Associated Press - For his
photograph of Russian President Boris Yeltsin dancing at a rock
concert during his campaign for re-election. (Originally
submitted in Feature Photography & returned by the Board to that
category.)
Corinne Dufka of Reuters - For her chilling photograph of the
execution of a Liberian prisoner on the streets of Monrovia
1996 - Charles Porter IV, a free-lancer - For his haunting
photographs, taken after the Oklahoma City bombing & distributed
by the Associated Press, showing a one-year-old victim handed to
& then cradled by a local fireman.
(Nominated Finalists)
Jerome Delay of Associated Press - For his dramatic photographic
coverage of the Middle East & Bosnia (Moved by the Jury from the
Feature Photography category.)
Staff of Associated Press - For a portfolio of searing images of
the war in Chechnya
1995 - Carol Guzy of Washington Post - For her series of
photographs illustrating the crisis in Haiti & its aftermath.
(Nominated Finalists)
David Leeson of Dallas Morning News - For his photograph of a
Texas family moving through chest-high flood waters, a group he
ultimately led to safety.
Denis Farrell of Associated Press - For his aerial-view
photograph of hundreds of South Africans lined up to vote in the
country's first all-race elections.
1994 - Paul Watson of Toronto Star - For his photograph,
published in many American newspapers, of a U.S. soldier's body
being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu by a mob of
jeering Somalis.
Paul Watson of Toronto Star - For his photograph, published in
many American newspapers, of a U.S. soldier's body being dragged
through the streets of Mogadishu by a mob of jeering Somalis.
(Nominated Finalists)
Kevin Carter, a free-lance photographer of New York Times - For
a picture first published in The New York Times of a starving
Sudanese girl who collapsed on her way to a feeding center while
a vulture waited nearby (Originally submitted in Feature
Photography & returned by the Board to that category.)
Staff of Los Angeles Times - For photographs of the devastation
left by fires that blazed through Southern California.
1993 - Ken Geiger & William Snyder of Dallas Morning News -
For their dramatic photographs of the 1992 Summer Olympics in
Barcelona.
(Nominated Finalists)
Photographic Staffs of Miami Herald & El Nuevo Herald - For
pictures depicting the force of Hurricane Andrew & the strength
of those who survived the storm.
Photographic Staff of Palm Beach (Fla.) Post - For its coverage
of the shattering impact of Hurricane Andrew on South Florida.
1992 - Staff of Associated Press - For photographs of the
attempted coup in Russia & the subsequent collapse of the
Communist regime
(Nominated Finalists)
Staff of Associated Press - For photographs of Albanian refugees
stranded in Italy.
David C. Turnley of Detroit Free Press - For a photograph from
the Persian Gulf War of a grieving American soldier sitting by
the body of a slain friend.
1991 - Greg Marinovich of Associated Press - For a series of
photographs of supporters of South Africa's African National
Congress brutally murdering a man they believed to be a Zulu
spy.
(Nominated Finalists)
Photo Staff of Newsday - For photographs taken after the crash
of Avianca Flight 52 in Cove Neck, New York
Photo Staff of Detroit Free Press - For photographs of Nelson
Mandela's release from prison & subsequent trip to America
1990 - Photo Staff of Tribune, Oakland, Calif. - For
photographs of devastation caused by the Bay Area earthquake of
October 17, 1989
a
photographer (presently unnamed) of Associated Press - For a
photograph of the funeral bier of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
surrounded by a mob of emotional mourners
(Nominated Finalists)
Jeff Widener of Associated Press - For a photograph of an
unidentified man blocking the path of a procession of tanks in
Beijing.
David C. Turnley of Detroit Free Press - For photographs of the
political uprisings in China & Eastern Europe.
1989 - Ron Olshwanger, a free-lance photographer - For a
picture published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of a
firefighter giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a child
pulled from a burning building.
(Nominated Finalists)
George Riedel of Associated Press - For his series of
photographs from an airshow disaster in Ramstein, West Germany,
where three Italian stunt planes collided in mid-air.
Ben
Van Hook of Louisville Courier-Journal - For his photograph of a
boy clutching his father at a memorial service for 27 victims of
a bus accident in northern Kentucky
1988 - Scott Shaw of Odessa (Texas) American - For his
photograph of the child Jessica McClure being rescued from the
well into which she had fallen.
(Nominated Finalists)
Carol Guzy & Brian Smith of Miami Herald - For their series of
photographs depicting the violence & political turmoil in Haiti.
Paul Vathis of Associated Press - For his sequence of
photographs of a Pennsylvania state official who shot himself
during a news conference.
1987 - Kim Komenich of San Francisco Examiner - For his
photographic coverage of the fall of Ferdinand Marcos.
(Nominated Finalists)
Bernie Boston of Los Angeles Times - For his photograph of
Coretta Scott King at the unveiling of a bronze bust of her late
husband in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
Michael R. Brown & Malcolm A. Denemark of Florida Today - For
their photographs of the explosion of the space shuttle
Challenger.
1986 - Carol Guzy & Michel duCille of Miami Herald - For
their photographs of the devastation caused by the eruption of
the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia.
(Nominated Finalists)
Photography Team of Dallas Morning News - For its coverage of
the Mexico City earthquake.
David Walters of Miami Herald - For his photos of Mexico City
after the earthquake.
1985 - Photography Staff of Register, Santa Ana, Calif. -
For their exceptional coverage of the Olympic games.
(Nominated Finalists)
Bruce Chambers of Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Calif. - For his
photographs of the Mary Decker-Zola Budd run-in during the 1984
Olympics.
Larry C. Price of Philadelphia Inquirer - For his series of
photographs from Angola & El Salvador depicting their war-torn
inhabitants
1984 - Stan Grossfeld of Boston Globe - For his series of
unusual photographs which reveal the effects of war on the
people of Lebanon.
(Nominated Finalists)
Bill Foley of Associated Press - For his dramatic photograph of
U.S. Marines rescuing an injured comrade after the terrorist
attack on the U.S. Marine compound in Beirut.
Mohamed Rawas of Associated Press - For his telling photograph
of a grieving Palestinian woman holding a picture of her dead
son.
James Lott III of Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman-Review - For his
photograph of a young boy being comforted by a fireman in the
aftermath of a neighborhood apartment house blaze
1983 - Bill Foley of Associated Press - For his moving
series of pictures of victims & survivors of the massacre in the
Sabra Camp in Beirut.
(Nominated Finalists)
James L. Davis of Arizona Daily Star - For his photographs of a
shoot-out between members of a religious sect & local law
enforcement officers in Miracle Valley, Ariz.
Chester Panzer of WRC-TV, Washington D.C. - For his dramatic
photos of the rescue of survivors of the Air Florida jet crash.
Daymon J. Hartley, freelance photographer of United Press
International - For his photographs of a fire rescue in Detroit.
1982 - Ron Edmonds of Associated Press - For his coverage of
the Reagan assassination attempt.
(Nominated Finalists)
Don
Rypka of United Press International - For a Reagan assassination
attempt photo.
Staff of Fort Lauderdale News & Sun Sentinel - For coverage of a
Haitian refugee boat disaster
1981 - Larry C. Price of Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram -
For his photographs from Liberia
(Nominated Finalists)
David Tenenbaum of Associated Press - For his picture of the
flag-draped hockey goalie Jim Craig at the 1980 Olympics.
Roger A. Werth of Longview (Wash.) Daily News - For his
photographs of Mt. St. Helens.
1980 - An unnamed photographer of United Press International
- For "Firing Squad in Iran."
(Nominated Finalists)
Michael Haering of Los Angeles Herald Examiner - For a shot of a
girl being struck by a car at a street demonstration in Beverly
Hills.
Robert L. Gay of Charleston (W.Va.) Daily Mail - For a series on
a crazed veteran & a churchful of hostages.
1979 - Thomas J. Kelly III of Pottstown (Pa.) Mercury - For
a series called "Tragedy on Sanatoga Road."
1978 - John H. Blair of a special assignment photographer
for United Press International - For a photograph of an
Indianapolis broker being held hostage at gunpoint.
1977 - Stanley Forman of Boston Herald American - For his
photograph of a youth using the flag as a lance in street
disorders.
Neal Ulevich of Associated Press - For a series of photographs
of disorder & brutality in the streets of Bangkok.
1976 - Stanley Forman of Boston Herald American - For his
sequence of photographs of a fire in Boston on July 22, 1975.
(Nominated Finalists)
1975 - Gerald H. Gay of Seattle Times - For his photograph
of four exhausted firemen, "Lull in the Battle."
1974 - Anthony K. Roberts, a free-lance photographer of
Beverly Hills, Calif. - For his picture series, "Fatal Hollywood
Drama," in which an alleged kidnapper was killed.
1973 - Huynh Cong Ut of Associated Press - For his
photograph, "The Terror of War," depicting children in flight
from a napalm bombing.
1972 - Horst Faas & Michel Laurent of Associated Press - For
their picture series, "Death in Dacca."
1971 - John Paul Filo of Valley Daily News & Daily Dispatch
of Tarentum & New Kensington, Pennsylvania - For his pictorial
coverage of the Kent State University tragedy on May 4, 1970.
1970 - Steve Starr of Associated Press, Albany (N.Y.) Bureau
- For his news photo taken at Cornell University, "Campus Guns."
1969 - Edward T. Adams of Associated Press - For his
photograph, "Saigon Execution."
1968 - Rocco Morabito of Jacksonville Journal - For his
photograph, "The Kiss of Life."
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