Damon Winter

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Damon Winter
Born (1974-12-24) December 24, 1974 (age 48)
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Columbia University
OccupationPhotographer
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]

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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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