Spencer Platt (photographer)

Last updated
Platt in front of one of his photographs Spencer Platt and his photograph.jpg
Platt in front of one of his photographs

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

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. [7]

He was born in Darien, Connecticut.

Related Research Articles

Getty Images Holdings, Inc. is a visual media company and supplier of stock images, editorial photography, video, and music for business and consumers, with a library of over 477 million assets. It targets three markets—creative professionals, the media, and corporate.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Photojournalism</span> Using images to tell a news story

Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography by having a rigid ethical framework which demands an honest and impartial approach that tells a story in strictly journalistic terms. Photojournalists contribute to the news media, and help communities connect with one other. They must be well-informed and knowledgeable, and are able to deliver news in a creative manner that is both informative and entertaining.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Agence France-Presse</span> French international news agency

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France. Founded in 1835 as Havas, it is the world's oldest news agency.

Chris Hondros was an American war photographer. Hondros was a finalist twice for a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Larry Burrows</span> English photojournalist

Henry Frank Leslie Burrows, known as Larry Burrows, was an English photojournalist. He spent 9 years covering the Vietnam War.

World Press Photo Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Founded in 1955, the organization holds the annual World Press Photo Contest for press photography. Since 2011, World Press Photo has organized a separate annual contest for journalistic multimedia productions, and, in association with Human Rights Watch, the annual Tim Hetherington Grant.

Larry C. Price is an American photojournalist who has won two Pulitzer Prizes. In 1981, he won the Pulitzer Prize in Spot News Photography, recognizing images from Liberia published by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. In 1985, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for images from war-torn Angola and El Salvador published by The Philadelphia Inquirer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Horst Faas</span>

Horst Faas was a German photo-journalist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. He is best known for his images of the Vietnam War.

Kevin Frayer is a Canadian photojournalist noted for his wartime work in the Middle East including the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, and Afghanistan. He started his career in 1991 at the Winnipeg Sun and later as a National Photographer for the Canadian Press. From 2003-2009 he was based in the Middle East for the Associated Press and later in New Delhi as Chief Photographer for South Asia.

Carol Guzy is an American news photographer. Guzy worked as a staff photographer for the Miami Herald from 1980 to 1988 and The Washington Post from 1988 to 2014. As of April 2022, Guzy is a contract photographer for ZUMA Press.

Neal Hirsh Ulevich is an American photographer. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1977 for "photographs of disorder and brutality in the streets of Bangkok".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lynsey Addario</span> American photojournalist (born 1973)

Lynsey Addario is an American photojournalist. Her work often focuses on conflicts and human rights issues, especially the role of women in traditional societies. In 2022, she received a Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stephanie Sinclair</span> American photojournalist (born 1973)

Stephanie Sinclair is an American photojournalist who focuses on gender and human-rights issues such as child marriage and self-immolation. Her work has been included in The New York Times, Time Magazine and National Geographic.

Daniel Berehulak is an Australian photographer and photojournalist based in Mexico City. He is a staff photographer of The New York Times and has visited more than 60 countries covering contemporary issues.

Paula Bronstein is an American photojournalist who entered the profession in 1982 in Providence, Rhode Island. She is now based in Bangkok where she works for Getty Images. Bronstein was a nominated finalist for the Breaking News 2011 Pulitzer Prize.

Sergey Igorevich Ponomarev is a Russian photographer.

Lorenzo Tugnoli is an Italian photojournalist, based in Beirut. He won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Danish Siddiqui</span> Indian photojournalist (1983–2021)

Danish Siddiqui was an Indian photojournalist based in Delhi, who used to lead the national Reuters multimedia team and was Chief Photographer India. He received his first 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography, as part of the Reuters team, for documenting the Rohingya refugee crisis. In 2021, he was killed while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban forces near a border crossing with Pakistan. His second Pulitzer was awarded posthumously in 2022 for documenting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Emilio Morenatti is a Pulitzer Prize winning Spanish photojournalist, working for the Associated Press since March 2004.

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.
  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.
  7. "Win McNamee, Drew Angerer, Spencer Platt, Samuel Corum and Jon Cherry of Getty Images". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2022-05-13.