{"id":7165,"date":"2022-05-02T09:48:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T13:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/?p=7165"},"modified":"2025-08-23T17:39:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T21:39:29","slug":"the-incredible-world-of-pulitzer-photographs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2022\/05\/02\/the-incredible-world-of-pulitzer-photographs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Incredible World of Pulitzer Photographs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Have you ever heard the phrase \u201ca picture is worth a thousand words\u201d? That is one simple way to describe the essence of a Pulitzer Prize photograph. The Pulitzer Prize is regarded as the most prestigious award for journalism. A Pulitzer photograph is much more than just a photograph. It\u2019s an image with a voice. An image with emotion. An image of truth. Pulitzer photographs go beyond a standard visual, telling a compelling story. They are rare moments captured in time. Moments of great tragedy and despair. Moments of joy and victory. Moments that will continue to live on through the art of photography.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The film \u201cA Glimpse of Life: The Pulitzer Photographs\u201d takes a look into the life of several photojournalists. It lets viewers hear from the photojournalists themselves and shows a wide selection of photographs that have won a Pulitzer Prize. One photograph shown was the most recognizable and substantial image of World War II. It was captured by journalist Joe Rosenthal. It\u2019s a small group of U.S. Marines raising an American flag atop a mountain at Iwo Jima in 1945. This photograph resonates a message of hope during battle. \u201cI think the most powerful weapon that we have in the world is a still photograph,\u201d Pulitzer winning photojournalist Eddie Adams said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0One of the haunting images shown in the film is a Saigon execution in 1969. A man with a plaid shirt is standing with his hands behind his back. He appears disheveled and somewhat beaten. His eyes are squinted and his mouth is partially opened. There are buildings in the background and soldiers to the left. One soldier is pointing a pistol at the man\u2019s head. \u201cAll of a sudden, to my left, somebody came out of nowhere. And I see him go for his pistol. And as soon as he raises his pistol, as soon as he brought it up, I took the picture,\u201d Eddie Adams said. This photo was taken right before the man\u2019s death. The fear and defeat are shown in his face. The horror of knowing it was his last breath.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Another horrifying image captured was from a Boston fire in 1976, taken by Stanley Forman. People are falling from the top of a brick building. The fire escape had collapsed. A woman and child are plummeting helplessly in the air with their arms and legs extended from their bodies. \u201cIt was a routine rescue. And then all of a sudden, everything went to garbage\u2026. I\u2019m taking pictures and then all of a sudden you hear this crunch and people just started falling,\u201d Stanley Forman said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Photojournalist Stan Grossfeld is featured in the film for his photographs on war and famine. One of his photos is of an Ethiopian woman sitting with a child in 1985. The woman has her hands gently placed on the child\u2019s head in comfort. The child is naked, thin and malnourished. \u201cI hope no kid going to this museum ever has to see what I saw. I don\u2019t want to even talk about it. My Pulitzers were won on war and famine,\u201d Stan Grossfeld said. The emotion is apparent in Grossfeld\u2019s voice and face. It is evident that photographing such images is not easy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Not all the photographs in the film had somber images. There were joyful moments captured as well. For instance, a photo taken in Haiti by Carol Guzy in 1995. The photograph is a close-up of a youthful person, taken from only the neck up. The person is looking up with their head tilted back. Their eyes are somewhat squinted in happiness with a gleaming smile across their face. A moment of pure pleasure and delight. A moment that can warm anyone\u2019s heart. \u201cThere\u2019s something about the still moment, that moment in time that does touch people,\u201d Carol Guzy said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Photojournalism is powerful. It speaks out to the world and stirs an array of emotions. It\u2019s more than just a profession for the journalists. It\u2019s a mission. It\u2019s a passion. It\u2019s a way of life. It takes a strong and compassionate human being to take such heart-wrenching photos. It takes determination. It takes instinct. It takes purpose. \u201cEveryone has a story. And we sing their song. If we don\u2019t do it\u2014if the journalist doesn\u2019t do it\u2014who\u2019s going to do it?\u201d Pulitzer winning photojournalist John White said. Photojournalism keeps those stories alive. A voice that will never be silenced. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Have you ever heard the phrase \u201ca picture is worth a thousand words\u201d? That is one simple way to describe the essence of a Pulitzer Prize photograph. The Pulitzer Prize is regarded as the most prestigious award for journalism. A Pulitzer photograph is much more than just a photograph. It\u2019s an image with a voice. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7381],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8153,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7165\/revisions\/8153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}