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Manzano wins Pulitzer

April 16, 2013 by Veronica Villafañe

Javier ManzanoJavier Manzano has won the 2013 Pulitzer prize for feature photography. He is the first freelance photographer to win a Pulitzer in 17 years.

Described by the jury as an “extraordinary picture,” Javier’s winning photo, distributed by Agence France-Presse, shows two Syrian rebel soldiers tensely guarding their position as beams of light stream through bullet holes in a nearby metal wall.

Javier, who worked for The Rocky Mountain News until it shut down its doors in February of 2009, is currently a freelance photojournalist and documentary filmmaker based in Istanbul, Turkey.  He has been covering the wars in Mexico, Afghanistan and Syria.

His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post and TIME magazine, among others.

Born in Mexico, Javier immigrated to the U.S. when he was 18. A great portion of his work has focused on cross-border issues.

Javier began his career in the newspaper industry as a photo and videojournalist, later expanding into television and electronic media.

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2013 Pulitzer prize-winner for feature photography. Two rebel soldiers stand guard in the Karmel Jabl neighborhood of Aleppo as over a dozen holes made by bullets and shrapnel peppered the tin wall behind them. © Javier Manzano/AFP

You can see more of Javier’s amazing photos on his website: www.javiermanzano.com.

 

 

Filed Under: People, Print Tagged With: Javier Manzano, photographer, Pulitzer 2013

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Veronica Villafañe, Editor & Publisher

Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Currently a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News.

Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

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