From the jungles of Colombia to the centers of world power, photographers who can capture the iconic images of human emotions win the Pulitzer. Photographers from The Washington Post are among the most highly recognized in the industry. Meet five of these outstanding photojournalists as The Washington Post and the Newseum celebrate FotoWeek DC.
See Washington Post Pulitzer Prize winners Michel duCille, Carol Guzy, Matthew Lewis, Michael Williamson and Lucian Perkins as they present and discuss their award-winning work, and learn about the rewards and challenges of photojournalism.
* Michel duCille is the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, one for coverage of the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia in 1986, and another in 1988 for a photo essay that illuminated a crack cocaine problem in a Miami housing project.
* Carol Guzy, a registered nurse turned photojournalist, won her first Pulitzer when she and Michel duCille documented the aftermath of the volcanic eruption in Colombia in 1986. With a knack for highlighting "people’s most intimate moments — their joys and sorrows, their triumphs and tragedies," she won her second and third Pulitzers for her coverage of Haiti in 1995 and Kosovo in 2000.
* Matthew Lewis’s Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of John J. Wilson, the gruff yet charming attorney for former White House chief of staff H.R. (Bob) Haldeman, distills the lawyer’s multifaceted personality in the blink of an eye. About the art of the photograph, Lewis believes, "The great challenge is to communicate visually with impact what the story is about."
* As an author, Michael Williamson won a Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction in 1990 for his clear-eyed look at the plight of the homeless with co-author Dale Maharidge. As a photojournalist, Williamson shared a second Pulitzer Prize with Carol Guzy and Lucian Perkins for their coverage of Kosovo in 2000.
* Lucian Perkins’s documentation of the effects on families of entrenched poverty in Washington, D.C., and of the desperation of families trying to escape the ravages of war in Kosovo earned Pulitzer Prizes in 1995 and 2000 respectively.
The event was moderated by Ken Crawford, from the Newseum.
In the group shots, the sequence (left to right) is:
Ken Crawford,
Matthew Lewis,
Michel duCille,
Lucian Perkins,
Michael Williamson, and
Carol Guzy.
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