Carolyn Cole
Carolyn Cole at Ohio University (2009)
Carolyn Cole (born April 24, 1961 in Boulder , Colorado ) is an American photographer .
life and work
Cole, born 1961 in Boulder, Colorado, works a. a. for the Los Angeles Times . In 2004 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for her report on the situation in Monrovia during the Liberian Civil War in 2003.
Cole was best known for her pictures of the so-called " North Hollywood shootout " in 1997, which were later used as evidence in the trial and which won the Los Angeles Times' reporting team the 1998 Pulitzer Prize . Cole was a photo reporter in the Kosovo war in 1999 , in Afghanistan in 2001 , in Liberia and Iraq in 2003 and in 2004 during the fall of Jean Bertrand Aristide in Haiti .
Awards
- 2002: National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), Photographer of the Year
- 2002: Robert Capa Gold Medal
- 2003: Robert Capa Gold Medal
- 2003: Pulitzer Prize nomination
- 2003: George Polk Award
- 2004: Pictures of the Year International
- 2004: NPPA Newspaper Photographer of the Year
- 2004: Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography
- 2004: World Press Photo Award
- 2007: NPPA Newspaper Photographer of the Year
literature
- Melanie Grimm: Carolyn Cole . In: Photographers at the front. From Lee Miller to Anja Niedringhaus, Munich a. a .: Prestel 2019, ISBN 978-3-7913-5863-5 , pp. 169-188.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Biography of Carolyn Cole in: "Picture Coverage of the World: Pulitzer Prize Winning Photos", by Heinz-Dietrich Fischer, 2011, p. 208
- ↑ Pulitzer Prize 2004
- ^ Pictures of the Year
- ↑ Carolyn Cole Named Photojournalist Of The Year
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Cole, Carolyn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boulder , Colorado |