AP Wins 2005 Pulitzer for Breaking News Photography
In April 2005, a team of Associated Press photographers
– including five Iraqis covering the war in their homeland
– won The Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography.
It's the 48th Pulitzer for the world's oldest and largest
news cooperative and the 29th awarded for AP photos.
AP
Photojournalists win Pulitzer Prize press release
A team of Associated Press photographers have won The Pulitzer
Prize for a series of graphic and heartbreaking pictures of
bloody combat in Iraq. Many were taken at great personal risk
to the photographers, including pictures of gunmen executing
Iraqi election workers in the midst of morning traffic, and
the charred remains of U.S. contractors who had
been killed, dismembered, burned and hung from a bridge in
Fallujah.
Photo
team in Iraq celebrates AP's 48th Pulitzer
Associated Press photographers Khalid Mohammed and Jim MacMillan
were wrapping up yet another long day at the Baghdad bureau
April 4 when they got the news: They were part of a team of
AP photographers who had just won a Pulitzer Prize ...
The
Story Behind the Photo
Santiago Lyon, Director of Photography of The Associated Press,
tells the story behind the photo of gunmen executing election
workers in Iraq in December 2004. The AP has not revealed
the name of the photo stringer to keep from compromising his
safety.
AP
Photo Gallery of the Winning Photos
"A stunning
series of photographs of bloody yearlong combat inside Iraqi
cities." (Pulitzer Prize citation)
A
complete listing of AP's Pulitzer Prize Winners
The Pulitzer Prizes, American journalism's most prestigious
honor, were established by Joseph Pulitzer and are presented
annually for outstanding achievement. The Associated Press
has won 48 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other news organization
in categories for which it can compete.
PULITZER PRIZE WEB SITE: http://www.pulitzer.org
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