The 2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners. Breaking News Photography.
16/04/2013.
The 2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners
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Columbia University announces 97th Aannual Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music. The winners in "Breaking News Photography" category are:
Night falls on a Syrian rebel-controlled area of Aleppo, Nov. 29, 2012, as destroyed buildings, including Dar Al-Shifa hospital, are seen on Sa'ar street after airstrikes targeted the area a week before. (Narciso Contreras, Associated Press- November 29, 2012).
An apartment destroyed by tank shelling is seen in a building in the Karm al-Jabel neighborhood after several days of intense clashes between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in Aleppo, Syria, Oct. 28, 2012. (Narciso Contreras, Associated Press - October 28, 2012).
A Syrian man cries while holding the body of his son near Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Oct. 3, 2012. The boy was killed by the Syrian army. (Manu Brabo, Associated Press - October 3, 2012)
A boy named Ahmed mourns his father, Abdulaziz Abu Ahmed Khrer, who was killed by a Syrian army sniper, during his funeral in Idlib, northern Syria, March 8, 2012. (Rodrigo Abd, Associated Press - March 8, 2012).
A man teaches Bilal, 11, how to use a toy rocket propelled grenade in Idlib, northern Syria, March 4, 2012. (Rodrigo Abd, Associated Press - March 4, 2012).
Free Syrian Army fighters sit in a house on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, June 12, 2012. (Khalil Hamra, Associated Press - June 12, 2012).
"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 Rodrigo Abd, Manu Brabo, Narciso Contreras, Khalil Hamra and Muhammed Muheisen of the Associated Press for their compelling coverage of the civil war in Syria, producing memorable images under extreme hazard."
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Rodrigo Abd, Manu Brabo, Narciso Contreras, Khalil Hamra and Muhammed Muheisen AP
Rodrigo Abd has been a staff photographer for the Associated Press since 2003, based first in Guatemala and now in Peru. Born in Argentina in 1976, Abd covered covered political turmoil in Bolivia in 2003 and Haiti in 2004. He also covered the Venezuelan presidential elections in 2007 and 2011, and the Haitian earthquake in 2010. In 2010, he was twice embedded with US troops in Afghanistan. In 2011 he covered the revolution in Libya and in 2012 he covered the Syrian civil war. He has won multiple awards for his work.
Manu Brabo, born in Spain in 1981, is a freelance photojournalist whose work is focused mainly on social conflicts around the world. Since 2007 he has worked on the impact of natural disasters, political changes, uprisings, revolutions and wars in countries such as Honduras, Haití, Bolivia, Kosovo, Libya, Egypt, and Syria. He has won multiple awards for his work.
Narciso Contreras is a Mexican freelance photographer whose work focuses on religious communities, human nature and conflicts, the latter being his main focus for the past three years. Born in Mexico City in 1975, Contreras studied philosophy and photography in university, conducted research for many years, and has been a professional photographer for the last five years.
Khalil Hamra is a Palestinian-Egyptian photographer born in Kuwait in 1979 who joined the AP in 2002 based in Gaza. Since 2010 he has been based in Cairo, from where he has covered the Egyptian revolution and the civil war in Syria. In 2009, Hamra was recognized by the Overseas Press Club of America with its Robert Capa Gold Medal for his series covering the war in Gaza. He has won multiple other awards for his work.
Muhammed Muheisen, born in Jerusalem in 1981, is a Jordanian national based in Islamabad as The Associated Press’ chief photographer for Pakistan. He joined the AP in 2001, covering major events in the Middle East, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the Iraqi conflict, as well as events in Saudi Arabia, China, Afghanistan, Yemen, Egypt, Syria and France. In 2005 he was a member of the AP team that won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography. He has won multiple awards for his work.
