2012 Pulitzers Announced For Breaking News and Feature Photography
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Earlier this week Columbia University announced the winners of its 96th annual Pulitzer Prizes, including Massoud Hassaini for Breaking News Photography and Craig F. Walker for Feature Photography.
Breaking News Photography
Agence France-Presse Photographer Massoud Hossaini was honored for his image of a 12 year old girl “cyring in fear after a suicide bomber’s attack” in Kabul.
The citation in full:
For a distinguished example of breaking news photography in black and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
Awarded to Massoud Hossaini of Agence France-Presse for his heartbreaking image of a girl crying in fear after a suicide bomber’s attack at a crowded shrine in Kabul.
Also nominated as finalists in this category were: Carolyn Cole and Brian van der Brug of the Los Angeles Times for their illumination of epic disasters in Japan, documenting the brutality of nature as well as the durability of the human spirit and John Moore, Peter Macdiarmid and the late Chris Hondros of Getty Images for their brave coverage of revolutionary protests known as the Arab Spring, capturing the chaos and exuberance as ordinary people glimpsed new possibilities.
A Washington Post blog entry previously featured a discussion by their photo editors on the different front pages images chosen by the Post, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.
Feature Photography
Denver Post Photographer Craig F. Walker was honored for his images chronicling “a severe case of post-tramatic stress” suffered by an honorably discharged veteran of the Iraqi war.
The citation in full:
For a distinguished example of feature photography in black and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
Awarded to Craig F. Walker of The Denver Post, for his compassionate chronicle of an honorably discharged veteran, home from Iraq and struggling with a severe case of post-traumatic stress, images that enable viewers to better grasp a national issue.
Also nominated as finalists in this category were: David Guttenfelder, Ng Han Guan and Rafael Wober of the Associated Press for their extraordinary portrayal of daily life inside the reclusive nation of North Korea, including scenes after the death of Kim Jong Il, and Francine Orr of the Los Angeles Times for her poignant portrait of the suffering by desperate families and misunderstood children who live with autism.
