Awards & Winners

Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography

Pulitzer Prize

Ocenění Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography bylo součástí Pulitzerovy ceny od roku 1968 do roku 1999 a bylo udělováno za významný přínos v černobílé nebo barevné fotografii. Od roku 1969 se jediná kategorie - Pulitzer Prize for Photography - rozdělila na spot news a feature photography. Pulitzerova komise s oceněním vydává také oficiální zprávu vysvětlující důvody pro udělení.

Check all the winners of Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography presented under Pulitzer Prize since 1968 .


(For its portfolio of images following the embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania that illustrates both the horror and the humanity triggered by the event.)

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Associated Press
For its portfolio of images following the embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania that illustrates both the horror and the humanity triggered by the event.
Mike Stocker
For his consistently powerful photographs of the devastation caused by Hurricane Mitch on Central America.
The Register-Guard
For its coverage of a community recoiling then recovering from a brutal shooting spree at a local high school.

Martha Rial

(For her life-affirming portraits of survivors of the conflicts in Rwanda and Burundi.)

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Martha Rial
For her life-affirming portraits of survivors of the conflicts in Rwanda and Burundi.
Jean-Marc Bouju
For his chilling sequence of seven photographs in Zaire depicting rebel soldiers beating and then executing a man believed to be a member of Mobuto Sese Sekos' presidential guard.
Forum Communications Grand Forks Herald
For its committed coverage of the severe flooding that devastated their community.

Annie Wells

(For her dramatic photograph of a local firefighter rescuing a teenager from raging floodwaters.)

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Annie Wells
For her dramatic photograph of a local firefighter rescuing a teenager from raging floodwaters.
Corinne Dufka
For her chilling photograph of the execution of a Liberian prisoner on the streets of Monrovia.
Alexander Zemlianichenko
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.)

Charles Porter IV

(For his haunting photographs, taken after the Oklahoma City bombing and distributed by the Associated Press, showing a one-year-old victim handed to and then cradled by a local fireman.)

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Charles Porter IV
For his haunting photographs, taken after the Oklahoma City bombing and distributed by the Associated Press, showing a one-year-old victim handed to and then cradled by a local fireman.
Jerome Delay
For his dramatic photographic coverage of the Middle East and Bosnia (Moved by the Jury from the Feature Photography category.)
Associated Press
For a portfolio of searing images of the war in Chechnya.

Carol Guzy

(For her series of photographs illustrating the crisis in Haiti and its aftermath.)

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Carol Guzy
For her series of photographs illustrating the crisis in Haiti and its aftermath.
Denis Farrell
For his aerial-view photograph of hundreds of South Africans lined up to vote in the country's first all-race elections.
David Leeson
For his photograph of a Texas family moving through chest-high flood waters, a group he ultimately led to safety.

Paul Watson

(For his photograph, published in many American newspapers, of a U.S. soldier's body being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu by a mob of jeering Somalis.)

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Paul Watson
For his photograph, published in many American newspapers, of a U.S. soldier's body being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu by a mob of jeering Somalis.
Kevin Carter
For a picture first published in The New York Times of a starving Sudanese girl who collapsed on her way to a feeding center while a vulture waited nearby.
Los Angeles Times
For photographs of the devastation left by fires that blazed through Southern California.

Ken Geiger, William Snyder

(For their dramatic photographs of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.)

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ken Geiger
For their dramatic photographs of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
William Snyder
For their dramatic photographs of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
The Palm Beach Post
For its coverage of the shattering impact of Hurricane Andrew on South Florida.
El Nuevo Herald The Miami Herald
For pictures depicting the force of Hurricane Andrew and the strength of those who survived the storm.
(For photographs of the attempted coup in Russia and the subsequent collapse of the Communist regime.)

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Associated Press
For photographs of the attempted coup in Russia and the subsequent collapse of the Communist regime.
David C. Turnley
For a photograph from the Persian Gulf War of a grieving American soldier sitting by the body of a slain friend.
Associated Press
For photographs of Albanian refugees stranded in Italy.

Greg Marinovich

(For a series of photographs of supporters of South Africa's African National Congress brutally murdering a man they believed to be a Zulu spy.)

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Greg Marinovich
For a series of photographs of supporters of South Africa's African National Congress brutally murdering a man they believed to be a Zulu spy.
Detroit Free Press
For photographs of Nelson Mandela's release from prison and subsequent trip to America.
Newsday
For photographs taken after the crash of Avianca Flight 52 in Cove Neck, New York.
(For photographs of devastation caused by the Bay Area earthquake of October 17, 1989.)

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Oakland Tribune
For photographs of devastation caused by the Bay Area earthquake of October 17, 1989.
Associated Press
For a photograph of the funeral bier of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini surrounded by a mob of emotional mourners.
Jeff Widener
For a photograph of an unidentified man blocking the path of a procession of tanks in Beijing.
David C. Turnley
For photographs of the political uprisings in China and Eastern Europe.

Ron Olshwanger

(For a picture published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of a firefighter giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a child pulled from a burning building.)

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ron Olshwanger
For a picture published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of a firefighter giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a child pulled from a burning building.
George Riedel
For his series of photographs from an airshow disaster in Ramstein, West Germany, where three Italian stunt planes collided in mid-air.
Ben Van Hook
For his photograph of a boy clutching his father at a memorial service for 27 victims of a bus accident in northern Kentucky.

Scott Shaw

(For his photograph of the child Jessica McClure being rescued from the well into which she had fallen.)

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Scott Shaw
For his photograph of the child Jessica McClure being rescued from the well into which she had fallen.
Paul Vathis
For his sequence of photographs of a Pennsylvania state official who shot himself during a news conference.
Carol Guzy
For their series of photographs depicting the violence and political turmoil in Haiti.
Brian Smith
For their series of photographs depicting the violence and political turmoil in Haiti.

Kim Komenich

(For his photographic coverage of the fall of Ferdinand Marcos.)

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kim Komenich
For his photographic coverage of the fall of Ferdinand Marcos.
Bernie Boston
For his photograph of Coretta Scott King at the unveiling of a bronze bust of her late husband in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
Michael R. Brown
For their photographs of the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.
Malcolm A. Denemark
For their photographs of the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.

Carol Guzy, Michel duCille

(For their photographs of the devastation caused by the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia.)

Nominations 1986 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Carol Guzy
For their photographs of the devastation caused by the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia.
Michel duCille
For their photographs of the devastation caused by the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia.
David Walters
For his photos of Mexico City after the earthquake.
The Dallas Morning News
For its coverage of the Mexico City earthquake.

The Orange County Register

(For their exceptional coverage of the Olympic games.)

Nominations 1985 »

Nominee Nominated Work
The Orange County Register
For their exceptional coverage of the Olympic games.
Bruce Chambers
For his photographs of the Mary Decker-Zola Budd run-in during the 1984 Olympics.
Larry C. Price
For his series of photographs from Angola and El Salvador depicting their war-torn inhabitants.

Stan Grossfeld

(For his series of unusual photographs which reveal the effects of war on the people of Lebanon.)

Nominations 1984 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Stan Grossfeld
For his series of unusual photographs which reveal the effects of war on the people of Lebanon.
Bill Foley
For his dramatic photograph of U.S. Marines rescuing an injured comrade after the terrorist attack on the U.S. Marine compound in Beirut.
James Lott III
For his photograph of a young boy being comforted by a fireman in the aftermath of a neighborhood apartment house blaze.
Mohamed Rawas
For his telling photograph of a grieving Palestinian woman holding a picture of her dead son.

Bill Foley

(For his moving series of pictures of victims and survivors of the massacre in the Sabra Camp in Beirut.)

Nominations 1983 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bill Foley
For his moving series of pictures of victims and survivors of the massacre in the Sabra Camp in Beirut.
James L. Davis
For his photographs of a shoot-out between members of a religious sect and local law enforcement officers in Miracle Valley, Ariz.
Daymon J. Hartley
For his photographs of a fire rescue in Detroit.
Chester Panzer
For his dramatic photos of the rescue of survivors of the Air Florida jet crash.

Ronald A. Edmonds

(For his coverage of the Reagan assassination attempt.)

Nominations 1982 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ronald A. Edmonds
For his coverage of the Reagan assassination attempt.
Don Rypka
For a Reagan assassination attempt photo.
Tribune Company Sun-Sentinel
For coverage of a Haitian refugee boat disaster.

Larry C. Price

(For his photographs from Liberia.)

Nominations 1981 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Larry C. Price
For his photographs from Liberia.
David Tenenbaum
For his picture of the flag-draped hockey goalie Jim Craig at the 1980 Olympics.
Roger A. Werth
For his photographs of Mt. St. Helens.

Jahangir Razmi

(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 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jahangir Razmi
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.
Robert L. Gay
For a series on a crazed veteran and a churchful of hostages.
Michael Haering
For a shot of a girl being struck by a car at a street demonstration in Beverly Hills.

Thomas J. Kelly III

(For a series called Tragedy on Sanatoga Road.)

John H. Blair

(For a photograph of an Indianapolis broker being held hostage at gunpoint.)

Stanley Forman

(For his photograph of a youth using the flag as a lance in street disorders.)

Neal Ulevich

(For a series of photographs of disorder and brutality in the streets of Bangkok.)

Stanley Forman

(For his sequence of photographs of a fire in Boston on July 22, 1975.)

Gerald H. Gay

(For his photograph of four exhausted firemen, Lull in the Battle.)

Anthony K. Roberts

(For his picture series, Fatal Hollywood Drama, in which an alleged kidnapper was killed.)

Nick Ut

(For his photograph, The Terror of War, depicting children in flight from a napalm bombing.)

Horst Faas, Michel Laurent

(For their picture series, Death in Dacca.)

John Filo

(For his pictorial coverage of the Kent State University tragedy on May 4, 1970.)

Steve Starr

(For his news photo taken at Cornell University, Campus Guns.)

Eddie Adams

(For his photograph, Saigon Execution.)

Rocco Morabito

(For his photograph, The Kiss of Life.)