Awards & Winners

Alexander Zemlianichenko

Date of Birth 07-May-1950
Place of Birth Saratov
(Russia, Russian Empire, Saratov Oblast)
Nationality Russia
Also know as Sasha Zemlianichenko
Profession Journalist, Photographer
Alexander Zemlianichenko, prominent Russian photojournalist, born May 7, 1950, in Saratov, Russia. He has been working for the Associated Press in Moscow since 1990. He has traveled extensively, covering news stories throughout the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, Europe and the United States. He was one of five AP photographers who won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for photos of the Soviet coup attempt of 1991. He also was a finalist in the 1995 Pulitzer competition for his photographs of the war in Chechnya, Russia. Zemlianichenko received his second Pulitzer Prize in 1997 for a photo of Russian President Boris Yeltsin dancing at a rock concert. The same photo won a World Press Photo award in 1996. He was later invited to be a jury member at World Press Photo.

Awards by Alexander Zemlianichenko

Check all the awards nominated and won by Alexander Zemlianichenko.

1997


Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography
(For his photograph of Russian President Boris Yeltsin dancing at a rock concert during his campaign for re-election.)

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography
For his photograph of Russian President Boris Yeltsin dancing at a rock concert during his campaign for re-election.
Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography
For his photograph of Russian President Boris Yeltsin dancing at a rock concert during his campaign for re-election. (Originally submitted in Feature Photography and returned by the Board to that category.)

1996


World Press Photo Award for People in the News
Honored for : 1996 World Press Photo Award for People in the News winning photo
(Single)

Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
World Press Photo Award for People in the News 1996 World Press Photo Award for People in the News winning photo
Single