These are unforgettable moments in history-five Marines raising the US flag in
Iwo Jima in 1945, Babe Ruth's final salute to Yankee stadium in 1949,
Lee Harvey Oswald wincing in pain as he is shot in 1964, President Ronald Reagan
being tackled into his limousine after the 1982 assassination attempt. Captured by
the lenses of top photographers, these 98 Pulitzer Prize winning photographs-combined with photo-timelines-paint a dramatic and memorable montage of each year, from World War II to the last days of the 20th Century.
Etched with emotion, fury and passion, each photograph transports the reader back in time to cry with the victims or cheer with the heroes. A detailed narrative along with the timeline that pictures and notes the most significant events of each year fills in the historical background, the photographer's thoughts, the events leading up to the captured moment as well as the aperture opening and shutter speed.
All photographs are rendered in duotone or full color, producing
clear and crisp images.
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The Pulitzer Prize photographs have borne witness to courage, as evidence in Joe Rosenthal's moving image of American GIs raising the nation's flag on Iwo Jima; national shock, as in Bob Jackson's photograph of Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald; compassion, as seen in Nick Ut's moving image of a young Vietnamese girl, her body burned with napalm, fleeing her devastated village; and to an appeal to conscience, as in Kevin Carter's heartbreaking photograph of a starving Sudanese child being trailed by a vulture. The Pulitzer Prize photographs capture moments of joy, moments of terror, and moments of introspection. Particularly with regard to the images from World War II and Vietnam, these images have become icons of our shared consciousness.
Hal Buell, drawing on interviews with the photographers and his experience as The Associated Press's head of photoservices, provides an engrossing description of the story behind the photograph. In addition, four essays by Buell examine the developments in photographic technology and their effects on photojournalism. An illustrated time line throughout the book features historic and cultural events that occurred during the year each Pulitzer photograph was taken, providing additional context from which to view the pictures. A foreword by Seymour Topping, administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes and Professor of International Journalism, rounds out this engrossing compendium. A riveting collection of news photography, these incomparable images are testament to the power of the photograph to provoke, compel, and inspire.
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