Spencer Platt (photographer)

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Platt in front of one of his photographs

Spencer Platt (born March 16, 1970) [1] is an American photojournalist.

Since 2001, he has documented international conflicts for Getty Images [2] in the Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, Liberia, Iraq, Ukraine and many other countries. [3] At the end of the 2006 Lebanon War he photographed five young Lebanese driving through the rubble of the bombed South Beirut in a cabriolete. This image was named World Press Photo of the Year 2006. [4] [5] [6] He was co-winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography. [1]

He was born in Darien, Connecticut.

References

  1. 1 2 "Win McNamee, Drew Angerer, Spencer Platt, Samuel Corum and Jon Cherry of Getty Images". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  2. ↑ "Featured photojournalist: Spencer Platt". The Guardian. 13 January 2011. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  3. ↑ ""Mein Foto ist zu perfekt"". Stern. 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. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  6. ↑ "Lebanon war image causes controversy". BBC News. 8 March 2007. Retrieved 2019-10-11.


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