Damon Winter Explained

Damon Winter
Birth Date:24 December 1974
Birth Place:Elmira, New York, U.S.
Alma Mater:Columbia University
Occupation:Photographer
Awards:Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography (2009)

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]

Life

Born 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

Winter'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]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.pulitzer.org/files/PressRelease2009PulitzerPrizes.pdf COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES 93rd ANNUAL PULITZER PRIZES IN JOURNALISM, LETTERS, DRAMA AND MUSIC
  2. Web site: 2009 Pulitzer Prizes.
  3. Book: Heinz-Dietrich Fischer. Key Images of American Life: Pulitzer Prize Winning Pictures. 12 January 2014. LIT Verlag Münster. 978-3-643-90518-5. 76–.
  4. Web site: Kachka. Boris. Fall 2019. Finding the Light. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191226120025/https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/issue/fall19/article/finding-light . 2019-12-26 . December 21, 2020. Columbia College Today.
  5. Web site: Damon Winter. The New York Times.
  6. Web site: The 2006 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Feature Photography. The Pulitzer Prizes. 8 November 2016.
  7. Web site: Gibson. Greg. Pulitzer Prize Winner 2009: Damon Winter, Campaign: Obama. Rangefinder Online. 8 November 2016.