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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In the world of journalism, the story is told with words. \u00a0With photojournalism, however, the pictures tell the story. \u00a0The highest award given in journalism is the Pulitzer Prize. Not every person will run into dangerous situations to capture what is truly taking place. Nor can anyone plan to be in the right place at the right time. \u00a0There is a vast amount of luck and perseverance required to capture one of these perfect, real-life moments. The effects of such photos span far beyond the picture itself. When you have seen a photograph that touches, you can never un-see it. \u00a0That image stays forever etched in your mind. That photo can move you to that exact moment that shutter snaps closed and that image becomes part of history. The sights, the sounds, the smells, in that image, become a part of you. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In 1949, Babe Ruth stepped out onto the field at Yankee Stadium for the last time. \u00a0With his hat and bat in hand, his head bowed, the \u201cSultan of Swat\u201d looks out over the crowd. \u00a0Every fan in the stadium is standing, his team standing to the side of him, he bids farewell to the game that he has dominated for nearly 22 years, the stark number three, standing like a beacon on the back of his jersey. Another Yankee player would never again wear the number three that would be retired after Ruth\u2019s death. \u00a0Nathaniel Fein took that photo. <\/span>\u201cIt\u2019s a front seat to history,\u201d <\/span>John White, a photojournalist, said w<\/span>hen discussing the importance of photo-journalism. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThe Babe Bows Outs\u201d now hangs in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, as well as the Smithsonian Institute. Nearly 70 years later, you can still almost hear the roar of the crowd. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Photojournalist Jerry Gay said, <\/span>\u201cEverything has a story about it. \u00a0You just have to be able to see it.\u201d<\/span> \u00a0In 1957, William Beall joined the ranks of Pulitzer Prize winners when his photograph, \u201cFaith and Confidence,\u201d hit the air. The photo, taken in Washington, shows a police officer bending down trying to reason with a 2-year-old boy during a parade. \u00a0\u00a0The boy, his hands placed together as if praying, head tilted to the side, appears to be reasoning with the officer. The officer is trying to explain why it is unsafe for him to be in the street. The kindness in the smile of the officer coupled with the child\u2019s heartfelt expression and praying hands are symbolic of the balance between the two. Their story is one of teacher and student. \u00a0Based on the pleading eyes of the child, however, one would assume that he is doing the teaching and the officer is the one learning. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In 1977, Stanley Forman became a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, during a time where desegregation was its peak and controversy sparked all over the country. \u00a0During a protest after a court order passed for the desegregation of busing, Joseph Rakes, a white teenager, is seen attempting to assault a black man. The photo depicts Rakes holding a flagpole and lunging at Ted Landsmark, a lawyer and civil-rights activist. \u00a0While chaos erupted around them in the streets, the most shocking aspect of the image is the America flag waving from the flagpole as Rakes runs toward his target. <\/span>\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be a journalist. \u00a0If I care about something, I can make half a million people care,\u201d photojournalist Stan Grossfeld said. <\/span>The photo \u201cSoiling Old Glory\u201d is a sad reminder of the times when people of different races were treated less than human. \u00a0The photo not only highlighted the mistreatment of the African Americans; it desecrated all that our flag stands for. Forman\u2019s photo made people care. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0William Snyder said, \u201cIt\u2019s not a photography contest. It\u2019s about telling some of the biggest stories of the year.\u201d \u00a0However, the lens tells the story. Snyder has won three Pulitzer prizes for his work. In 1991, Snyder won the prize for his photos of Romanian orphans. The photos taken are some of the most haunting images in history. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Romanian orphanage living conditions were \u201csubhuman\u201d prior to the fall of the\u00a0Communist\u00a0dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989. \u00a0The government began making some improvements soon after. They were still far from healthy, however. Imagine the body of a child, his face gaunt with hollow eyes. \u00a0He is lying on a bed, flies crawling on his face and his emaciated body curled into the fetal position, his pitiful existence painfully clear. This is one of the images Snyder captured. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Carol Guzy said, \u201cSomeone once told me that empathy was not imagining how you would feel in a particular situation, but actually feeling what the other person is feeling.\u201d \u00a0Through the eyes of the Romanian orphans, the viewer can see, feel, hear, smell and taste all the horrible aspects of these children\u2019s lives. The photos tell their story. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Kevin Carter is well known for his work during the Sudanese famine. \u00a0Carter was a South African photojournalist who committed suicide soon after he received Pulitzer Prize in 1994. \u00a0In his suicide letter he wrote, \u201c<\/span>I am haunted by the vivid memories of killings & corpses & anger & pain … of starving or wounded children.\u201d \u00a0\u201cThe Starving Child and Vulture\u201d is one of his most unsettling photos.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The photo of an emaciated child crawling to a feeding center is a stark reminder of life in a third world country. \u00a0The child\u2019s arms have no muscle mass. With every rib visible, its frail body paints a gruesome picture. A vulture is lying in wait in the background. The photo depicts the predatory nature of the vulture. \u00a0Typically, vultures are scavengers who steal their food. This vulture is patiently waiting for his meal, while the child struggles to survive. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0While these are only a few of the thousands of photos to win the Pulitzer Prize, they are a clear picture of how a photo can truly tell a story. \u00a0Photojournalists have the job of taking that one millisecond in time and making it timeless. While it is easy to take a picture of a child healthy, happy and playing in the grass, it takes a special kind of person to capture the human being in its rarest and often weakest form: those beautiful, rare moments where the miracle of life and agony of death collide. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Life is a series of millions of moments, all strung together to create \u201cyour\u201d life. \u00a0The good, the bad, the ugly, all wrapped into the years a person is on this Earth. Photojournalists, through their work, piece those moments together and create a glimpse of real life, managing to capture the beautiful and the ugly. Sometimes, there is beauty in both. \u00a0It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words but in some cases, no words are needed. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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