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

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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

  1. ↑ "Javier Manzano, fotógrafo free lance de AFP, galardonado con un premio Pulitzer" (in Spanish). AFP. April 16, 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Northern Exposure - By Javier Manzano". Foreign Policy. April 17, 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Lum, Jessica (June 26, 2012). "Interview with Javier Manzano". PetaPixel. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Javier Manzano". World Press Photo. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "The Pulitzer Prizes | Citation". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Results of the 20th Edition". Bayeux Calvados Awards. 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  7. ↑ http://pellcenter.org/pulitzer-prize-winning-photojournalist-javier-manzano-to-receive-2016-pell-center-prize-for-story-in-the-public-square/
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ 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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