Damon Winter (born December 24, 1974) is a
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based photographer who specializes in documentary, editorial, and travel photography. He received a
Pulitzer Prize
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for feature photography in 2009 while with ''
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Life
Born on December 24, 1974, in
Elmira, New York
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, Winter grew up in St. Thomas in the United States
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.
He earned a bachelor's degree in environmental science from
Columbia University
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and worked for ''
The Dallas Morning News
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'', ''
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'',
Magnum Photos
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, ''
The Ventura County Star'' and ''
The Indianapolis Star
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''. Winter joined ''The New York Times'' in 2007 after three years as a staff photographer at the ''
Los Angeles Times
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''. He lives in
Brooklyn
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Awards
Winter's photo essay on sexual abuse victims in western Alaska was a finalist for the
2005 Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prizes for 2005 were announced on April 4, 2005:
Journalism
*Beat reporting: Amy Dockser Marcus of ''The Wall Street Journal'' for her "stories about patients, families and physicians f theworld of cancer survivors".
* Breaking news ...
for feature photography.
In 2009 he received the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography, for his coverage of
Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.
See also
*
2009 Pulitzer Prize
The 2009 Pulitzer Prizes were announced on April 20, 2009, the 93rd annual awards.
''The New York Times'' won five awards this year, with the ''Tampa Bay Times'' (formerly the '' St. Petersburg Times'') being the only other multi-prize winner with ...
References
External links
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* https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/27/us/politics/20080827-winterobama-mutimedia/index.html
The New York Times visual journalists
Columbia College (New York) alumni
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography winners
American photojournalists
People from Elmira, New York
Living people
1974 births
Photographers from New York (state)
21st-century American journalists
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