Awards & Winners

Jahangir Razmi

Date of Birth 16-December-1947
Place of Birth Arak
(Iran, Markazi Province)
Nationality Iran
Profession Photographer, Photojournalist
Jahangir Razmi is an award-winning Iranian photographer and the author of the entry that won the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography. His photograph, Firing Squad in Iran, was taken on August 27, 1979 and published anonymously in the Iranian daily Ettela'at, the oldest still running newspaper in Iran. Days later, it appeared on the front pages of numerous newspapers around the world. The photograph was the only anonymous winner of a Pulitzer Prize in the 90-year history of the award, as the identity of Razmi as the photographer was not revealed until 2006.

Awards by Jahangir Razmi

Check all the awards nominated and won by Jahangir Razmi.

1980


Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography
(For the photograph Firing Squad in Iran that was distributed by United Press International. The photographer remained anonymous until his identity was revealed, with his consent, by Josh Prager of The Wall Street Journal in 2006.)

Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography
For the photograph \"Firing Squad in Iran\" that was distributed by United Press International. The photographer remained anonymous until his identity was revealed, with his consent, by Josh Prager of The Wall Street Journal in 2006.

1979


World Press Photo Award for Spot News
Honored for : Firing Squad in Iran
(Single)

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
World Press Photo Award for Spot News Firing Squad in Iran
Single