{"id":5138,"date":"2018-03-09T09:50:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T14:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/?p=5138"},"modified":"2025-08-24T10:28:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T14:28:53","slug":"the-pulitzer-photojournalists-and-photographs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2018\/03\/09\/the-pulitzer-photojournalists-and-photographs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pulitzer Photojournalists and Photographs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elian Gonzales Raid Alan Diaz<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A group of Marines, carefully working together, side by side, raising the United States flag as it blows fiercely in the wind, upon a mountain of rumble and rock. \u00a0Victory is seen and the strength of unity emerges from the stillness of the moment. (Marines planting the American flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, 1945 Pulitzer Prize, Photography, Joe Rosenthal of Associated Press.)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The street is busy and filled with onlookers, looking in a different direction and who don\u2019t seem to notice the two, staring at one another and in deep conversation just a few feet away. \u00a0Yet one needs to look up because of his small size and the other of authority bends down to try to make accommodations. The young boy, with a half a smile, clutches his hands together in front of him and seems very engaged in conversation. \u00a0The policeman is bending down halfway, hands firmly on his knees, expressing some concern. (Faith and Confidence, 1958 Pulitzer Prize, Photography, William C. Beall for the Washington Daily News.)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A beautiful distinguished young black woman sits in the pew, dressed all in black. Behind her see-through veil, her eyelids are slightly swollen, but you can still see a kindness in her eyes. \u00a0Upon her lap she cradles in her arms a young girl, whose eyes are filled with sadness as she stares straight ahead deep in thought. (Deep Sorrow, 1969 Pulitzer, Winner in Feature Photography, Moneta Sleet, Jr. of Ebony Magazine.)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0You can see her screaming as a body lies in front of her on a hard pavement. \u00a0One of her arms is bent at the elbow with open fingers, palm raised to the sky, while her other arm seems to be grasping for a fellow student, who stands nearby. \u00a0A couple of other individuals look toward them with fear and disbelief, while others are walking in all directions, upon the grass and dirt. (Kent State University Massacre, 1971 Pulitzer Prize, Spot News Photography, John Paul Filo, Valley Daily News and Daily Dispatch.)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0She\u2019s on her hands and knees atop the ground and all you see are skin and bones. \u00a0You can see her ribs clearly, enough to count them one by one. Her head is a third of the size of her little body, and only inches from the ground. \u00a0The only thing keeping her from being naked is a white necklace of stones around her neck and a white band around her wrist. Not far behind her, waiting and watching, sits a vulture almost the same size. \u00a0(Sudan Famine, 1994 Pulitzer Prize, Feature Photography, Kevin Carter, The New York Times.)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0What makes a Pulitzer Prize photograph is being able to capture the story with one photo. \u00a0What they Pulitzer Prize winners capture with their camera lenses is telling a story to the world, one which words can never express. \u00a0It\u2019s a photo that shows more than just a subject: it touches the viewers, fills them with an emotion that can range from one extreme to the other. \u00a0It can be about life or death or somewhere in between. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be a journalist. \u00a0If I care about something, I can make half a million people care.\u201d \u2013 Stan Grossfeld.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Most important, what I\u2019ve learned about photojournalism, and it amazes me, is the power and strength one photo can hold. \u00a0To be in this type of profession you need to realize that what you capture, in the moment of your photo, is not in your control.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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