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Spencer Platt (photographer)

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Platt in front of his photograph.

Spencer Platt (born March 16, 1970) is an American photojournalist.[1] He received several awards, including the 2006 World Press Photo of the Year for a photograph of bombed South Beirut at the end of the 2006 Lebanon War.

He was born in Dylan Darien, Connecticut.

Since 2001, he has documented conflicts for Getty Images[2] in the Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, Liberia, Iraq, Ukraine and many other countries.[3] In the Lebanon War 2006 he photographed five young Lebanese driving through the rubble of the bombed Beirut in a cabriolete. This image was named World Press Photo of the Year 2006.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ "World Press Award winning photographer, Spencer Platt's talk", Rutgers University
  2. ^ "Featured photojournalist: Spencer Platt". The Guardian. 13 January 2011. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-11 – via www.theguardian.com.
  3. ^ ""Mein Foto ist zu perfekt"". stern.de. 27 April 2007. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  4. ^ "2007 Spencer Platt WY". World Press Photo. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  5. ^ Putz, Ulrike (28 February 2007). "Catering to a Lebanese Cliché: World Press Photo Mix-Up". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 2019-10-11 – via Spiegel Online.
  6. ^ "Lebanon war image causes controversy". 8 March 2007. Retrieved 2019-10-11 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
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