Damon Winter (born December 24, 1974) is a New York based photographer who specializes in documentary, editorial, and travel photography. He received a Pulitzer Prize for feature photography in 2009 while with The New York Times.[1][2]
Damon Winter | |
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Born | Elmira, New York, U.S. | December 24, 1974
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Occupation | Photographer |
Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography (2009) |
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editBorn on December 24, 1974, in Elmira, New York, Winter grew up in St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.[3] He earned a bachelor's degree in environmental science from Columbia University and worked for The Dallas Morning News, Newsweek, Magnum Photos, The Ventura County Star and The Indianapolis Star.[4] Winter joined The New York Times in 2007 after three years as a staff photographer at the Los Angeles Times. He lives in Brooklyn.[5]
Awards
editWinter's photo essay on sexual abuse victims in western Alaska was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography.[6] In 2009 he received the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography, for his coverage of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES 93rd ANNUAL PULITZER PRIZES IN JOURNALISM, LETTERS, DRAMA AND MUSIC (Retrieved on April 21, 2009)
- ^ "2009 Pulitzer Prizes".
- ^ Heinz-Dietrich Fischer (12 January 2014). Key Images of American Life: Pulitzer Prize Winning Pictures. LIT Verlag Münster. pp. 76–. ISBN 978-3-643-90518-5.
- ^ Kachka, Boris (Fall 2019). "Finding the Light". Columbia College Today. Archived from the original on 2019-12-26. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
- ^ "Damon Winter". The New York Times.
- ^ "The 2006 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Feature Photography". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ^ Gibson, Greg. "Pulitzer Prize Winner 2009: Damon Winter, Campaign: Obama". Rangefinder Online. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
External links
edit- Official website
- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/27/us/politics/20080827-winterobama-mutimedia/index.html