2019 Pulitzer Prizes Won by Photos of Migrants and Famine
The Pulitzer Prize has just announced the winners for 2019. In the area of photography, Reuters’ photography staff won in the Breaking News Photography category for photos of migrants journeying to the US, and photographer Lorenzo Tugnoli of The Washington Post won for his photos of the famine in Yemen.
Breaking News Photography
Reuters’ photographers won the Breaking News Photography prize for “a vivid and startling visual narrative of the urgency, desperation and sadness of migrants as they journeyed to the U.S. from Central and South America.”
You can view the full gallery of winning photos with captions here.
Congratulations to @Reuters teams whose groundbreaking journalism was recognized today with two @PulitzerPrizes. #FreeWaLoneKyawSoeOo https://t.co/kPYiabGrsV
— Thomson Reuters (@thomsonreuters) April 15, 2019
. @Reuters wins two #Pulitzer Prizes; editor-in-chief @stephenjadler lifts a glass. pic.twitter.com/IAfF4fAgj3
— Fred Katayama (@freddiethekat) April 15, 2019
Feature Photography
Lorenzo Tugnoli of The Washington Post had his photos originally entered in the Breaking News Photography category, but the Pulitzer Prize jury decided to move it to the Feature Photography category and award him the prize for “brilliant photo storytelling of the tragic famine in Yemen, shown through images in which beauty and composure are intertwined with devastation.”
You can view the full gallery of winning photos with captions here.
Pulitzer Prize Day here at @washingtonpost. Congratulations to @CarlosLozadaWP, @LorenzoTug and @DarrinBellArt! #PulitzerPrize pic.twitter.com/2islOVWE4r
— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) April 15, 2019
Congrats to @LorenzoTug @DarrinBellArt and @CarlosLozadaWP of the @washingtonpost for their @PulitzerPrizes today! pic.twitter.com/VCYHiZBXtI
— Jabin Botsford (@jabinbotsford) April 15, 2019
Both Reuters and Tugnoli win a cash award of $15,000.
