Tyler Hicks (photojournalist)
Tyler Hicks (born July 9, 1969 in São Paulo , Brazil ) is an American photojournalist .
Life
Hicks graduated from high school in 1988 and then went to the College of Communication at Boston University . After graduating from the university with a degree in journalism in 1992, he worked as a freelance photographer with bases in Africa and the Balkans for newspapers in North Carolina and Ohio .
To date, Hicks has worked, also on behalf of The New York Times , in many crisis and war zones in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Among other things, he was arrested in 2011 by forces that supported Muammar al-Gaddafi , along with Anthony Shadid , Lynsey Addario and Stepen Farrell and released six days later. In early 2012 he brought the body of his colleague Anthony Shadid, who died of an asthma attack during the unrest in Syria , back to Turkey .
In September 2013, Hicks was present during the attack on the Westgate shopping center in Nairobi when the Kenyan security forces were deployed, as his office is close to the action. Tyler Hicks was awarded " The Robert Capa Gold Medal " by the Overseas Press Club of America (OPC) for the recordings made here .
Hicks has been married to Nichole Sobecki since 2013.
Prizes and awards
- 2007: Newspaper Photographer of the Year at the Missouri School of Journalism's Pictures of the Year International Contest .
- 2009: Pulitzer Prize / international reporting together with colleagues from The New York Times for reports from Pakistan and Afghanistan .
- 2010: Top Ten Works of Journalism of the Decade for his photos from Iraq and Afghanistan together with reporters Dexter Filkins and CJ Chivers by New York University .
- 2011: George Polk Award for Foreign Reporting .
- 2013: The Robert Capa Gold Medal Award
- 2014: Pulitzer Prize / Current photo coverage for his Breaking News Photography from the Westgate shopping center in Nairobi.
- 2016: Pulitzer Prize / Current Photo Reporting (together with three other photographers from the New York Times) for their Breaking News Photography on the European refugee crisis
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ OPC The Robert Capa Gold Medal Award 2013. Retrieved September 27, 2017 (American English).
- ^ OPC The Robert Capa Gold Medal Award 2013. Retrieved September 27, 2017 (American English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hicks, Tyler |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American photojournalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | São Paulo , Brazil |