Javier Manzano
Javier Manzano is an award-winning Mexican photographer known for his coverage of the country's drug wars, the War in Afghanistan and the Syrian civil war.[1]
Life and career
Manzano was born in Mexico but moved to the United States with his family when he was 18 years old. He worked as a journalist and photographer for advertising agencies and the Rocky Mountain News until the newspaper closed its doors in 2009, after which he began working as a freelance photographer for the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Foreign Policy[2] and other news outlets.[3]
Awards
- 2011 World Press Photo Award[4]
- 2013 World Press Photo Award[4]
- 2013 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography[5]
- 2013 Bayeux-Calvados Award for war correspondents[6]
- 2016 Pell Center Prize for Story in the Public Square[7]
Manzano's Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph was taken in October 2012 at the Karm-al Jabal district of Aleppo, Syria. It shows two Free Syrian Army soldiers guarding a sniper's nest as light streams through bullet holes in the wall behind them.[8] Manzano is the first freelance photographer to be awarded the prize in 17 years, when Charles Porter IV and Stephanie Welsh won in 1996.[9]
External links
References
- ^ "Javier Manzano, fotógrafo free lance de AFP, galardonado con un premio Pulitzer" (in Spanish). AFP. April 16, 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ "Northern Exposure - By Javier Manzano". Foreign Policy. April 17, 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Lum, Jessica (June 26, 2012). "Interview with Javier Manzano". PetaPixel. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ a b "Javier Manzano". World Press Photo. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes | Citation". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ a b "Results of the 20th Edition". Bayeux Calvados Awards. 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
- ^ http://pellcenter.org/pulitzer-prize-winning-photojournalist-javier-manzano-to-receive-2016-pell-center-prize-for-story-in-the-public-square/
- ^ "Free Syrian Army fighters stand guard in Aleppo's Karm al-Jabal neighborhood, as light enters through a wall peppered by shrapnel". World Press Photo. 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Tenore, Mallary Jean (April 17, 2013). "Javier Manzano first freelance photographer to win Pulitzer in 17 years". Retrieved 5 June 2013.
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