Panel
Discussion | Reception & Program | Pulitzer
Prize-Winning Photojournalists
WHEN |
Thursday, July 21, 2016 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
WHERE
| HistoryMiami Museum 101 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33130
Explore the state and future of news
photography in a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalists Alan
Diaz, Patrick Farrell, and Deanne Fitzmaurice .
This panel celebrates 100 years of the Pulitzer Prizes. Moderated by Maggie
Steber with introduction by Al Diaz Miami Herald. Presented by HistoryMiami
Museum, Miami Herald, and Leica Store Miami with
the support of The Brooklyn Brewery and Photo
Workshops Miami. Reception at 6 PM and conversation at 7 PM.
Alan Diaz was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography in
2001 for his photograph of armed U.S. federal agents seizing the Cuban boy Elián
González from his relatives’ Miami home. Since then he has covered every
major breaking news and sporting events in Florida. Based in Miami, he has
photographed for the Associated Press for 16 years.
Patrick Farrell received a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography in 2009
for his images of despair after Hurricane Ike and other lethal storms caused a
humanitarian disaster in Haiti. He was part of the Miami Herald staff
that won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for the coverage of
Hurricane Andrew’s devastation in South Florida. He has been a staff
photographer with the Miami Herald since 1987.
Deanne Fitzmaurice won a Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 2005 for her
photo essay for the San Francisco Chronicle on an Oakland, California
hospital’s efforts to mend an Iraqi boy nearly killed by an explosion. Based in
San Francisco, she is an assignment photographer for publications including National
Geographic, Sports Illustrated and ESPN. She is a Nikon
Ambassador and co-founder of Think Tank Photo.
Maggie Steber is an educator and photographer who has worked in over 64
countries on humanitarian, cultural and social stories. As assistant managing
editor of photography for the Miami Herald, she oversaw projects that
won the newspaper a Pulitzer Prize and two Pulitzer finalist recognitions. She
served on the Pulitzer Prize nominating jury for photography in 2015.
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