Pulitzer Prize for Photography

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The Pulitzer Prize for Photography was one of the American Pulitzer Prizes annually awarded for journalism. It was inaugurated in 1942 and replaced by two photojournalism prizes in 1968: the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography and "Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography", which was later renamed Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography in 2000.

The Pulitzer Prizes were established by the bequest of Joseph Pulitzer, which suggested four journalism awards, and were inaugurated beginning 1917. By 1942 there were eight Pulitzers for journalism; for several years now there have been 14 including the two for photojournalism.

## Winners

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There were 26 Photography prizes awarded in 26 years, including two in 1944 (for 1943 work) and none in 1946.[1]

Year  | Image  | Name(s)  | Publication  | Rationale

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1942 |  | Milton Brooks | The Detroit News | "for his photo entitled, 'Ford Strikers Riot.'"
1943 |  | Frank Noel | Associated Press | "for his photo entitled, 'Water!' serviced by the AP."
1944 |  | Earle Bunker | Omaha World-Herald | "for his photo entitled, 'Homecoming.'"
| Frank Filan | Associated Press | "for his photo entitled, 'Tarawa Island,' serviced by the AP."
1945 |  | Joe Rosenthal | Associated Press | "for his photograph of the Marines planting the American flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima."
1946 | No award
1947 |  | Arnold Hardy | Associated Press | "for his photo of a woman falling from a burning hotel, distributed by the AP."[2]
1948 |  | Frank Cushing | Boston Traveller | "for his photo, 'Boy Gunman and Hostage.'"[3][4]
1949 |  | Nat Fein | New York Herald Tribune | "for his photo, 'Babe Ruth Bows Out.'"
1950 |  | Bill Crouch | Oakland Tribune | "for his picture, 'Near Collision at Air Show.'"
1951 |  | Max Desfor | Associated Press | "for his photographic coverage of the Korean War, an outstanding example of which is, 'Flight of Refugees across Wrecked Bridge in Korea.'"[5]
1952 |

| John Robinson | The Des Moines Register | "for their sequence of 6 pictures of the Drake-Oklahoma A&M football game of October 20, 1951, in which player Johnny Bright's jaw was broken."
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1953 |  | William M. Gallagher | The Flint Journal | "for a photo of ex-Governor Adlai E. Stevenson with a hole in his shoe taken during the 1952 presidential campaign."
1954 |  | Virginia Schau | Akron Beacon Journal | "for snapping a thrilling rescue at Redding, California, the picture being published in the Akron Beacon Journal and other newspapers and nationally distributed by the AP."
1955 |  | John L. Gaunt | Los Angeles Times | "for a photo that is poignant and profoundly moving, entitled, 'Tragedy by the Sea,' showing a young couple standing together beside an angry sea in which only a few minutes earlier their year-old son had perished."[4]
1956 |  | Staff  | New York Daily News | "for its consistently excellent news picture coverage in 1955, an outstanding example of which is its photo, 'Bomber Crashes in Street.'"[4]
1957 |  | Harry A. Trask | Boston Traveller | "for his dramatic and outstanding photographic sequence of the sinking of the liner Andrea Doria, the pictures being taken from an airplane flying at a height of 75 feet only nine minutes before the ship plunged to the bottom. (The second picture in the sequence is cited as the key photograph.)"
1958 |  | William C. Beall | The Washington Daily News | "for his photograph 'Faith and Confidence,' showing a policeman patiently reasoning with two-year-old boy trying to cross a street during a parade."[6]
1959 |  | William Seaman | The Minnesota Star Tribune | "for his dramatic photograph of the sudden death of a child in the street."
1960 |  | Andrew Lopez | United Press International | "for his series of four photographs of a corporal, formerly of Dictator Batista's army, who was executed by a Castro firing squad, the principal picture showing the condemned man receiving last rites."
1961 |  | Yasushi Nagao | Mainichi Shimbun | "for his photograph, 'Tokyo Stabbing,' distributed by United Press International and widely printed in American newspapers."
1962 |  | Paul Vathis | Associated Press | "for the photograph, 'Serious Steps,' published April 22, 1961."
1963 |  | Héctor Rondón | La República | "for his remarkable picture of a priest holding a wounded soldier in the 1962 Venezuelan insurrection: 'Aid from the Padre.' The photograph was distributed by the Associated Press."
1964 |  | Robert H. Jackson | Dallas Times Herald | "for his photograph of the murder of Lee Oswald by Jack Ruby."
1965 |  | Horst Faas | Associated Press | "for his combat photography of the war in South Vietnam during 1964."
1966 |  | Kyōichi Sawada | United Press International | "for his combat photography of the war in Vietnam during 1965."[7]
1967 |  | Jack R. Thornell | Associated Press | "for his picture of the shooting of James Meredith in Mississippi by a roadside rifleman."

## See also

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* List of photographs considered the most important

## References

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1. ^ "Photography". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
2. ^ Heys, Sam. "Pulitzer Photo - Georgia Tech student was the first photographer at the scene of Atlanta's worst hotel fire". Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Archived from the original on 2013-12-22. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
3. ^ "boyhostage". The List Blog. Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
4. ^ a b c Rubin, Cyma; Newton, Eric, eds. (2011). The Pulitzer Prize Photographs. Newseum Inc. ISBN 978-0-9799521-3-5.
5. ^ Hartzenbusch, Lara (June 25, 2010). "US photographer Max Desfor relives Korean War". BBC News. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-26. Retrieved 2011-05-29.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. ^ "Boston newspaper wins Pulitzer Prize". Quad-City Times. Davenport, Iowa. AP. May 3, 1966 - via Newspapers.com.

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