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Moments: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographs - Softcover

Buell, Hal; Halberstam, David

 
9781631910081: Moments: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographs

Synopsis

Organized by year, the photographs in this stunning and emotional work create a poignant visual chronicle of our times. The images here, many of which are seared into our collective consciousness, include raising the flag at Iwo Jima, a young Vietnamese girl fleeing her village, her body burned by napalm, and the collapse of the World Trade towers. Others show less-well-known, but equally as powerful scenes from children in war-torn Liberia washing themselves in a bucket of water to a high-diver at the Barcelona Olympics. Each photograph is narrated with an essay by Hal Buell, the former head of picture services at Associated Press. An illustrated timeline of each year places the photographs in historical context.

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About the Author

Hal Buell is a photo editor with more than 40 years' experience at the Associated Press, where he was in charge of the photo wire service for 25 years. His previous books include Moments: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographs; Photo Oops!; World War II Album: The Complete Chronicle of the World's Greatest Conflict; and We Were There: Vietnam.Walter R. Mears, an Associated Press legend, reported on national politics from 1960 to 2001 as one of the 'boys on the bus' and was said to be the most influential political writer of his time because his AP stories appeared in virtually every American newspaper. He recieved the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 1977 for his coverage of the 1976 presidential campaign and election. He retired after the 2001 presidential inauguration and now lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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