Damon Winter (born December 24, 1974) is a New York based photographer who specializes in documentary, editorial, and travel photography. He received a Pulitzer Prize for feature photography in 2009 while with The New York Times.[ COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES 93rd ANNUAL PULITZER PRIZES IN JOURNALISM, LETTERS, DRAMA AND MUSIC (Retrieved on April 21, 2009)]
Life
Born on December 24, 1974, in Elmira, New York, Winter grew up in St. Thomas in the United States
Virgin Islands.
He earned a bachelor's degree in environmental science from Columbia University and worked for
The Dallas Morning News,
Newsweek,
Magnum Photos,
The Ventura County Star and
The Indianapolis Star.
Winter joined
The New York Times in 2007 after three years as a staff photographer at the
Los Angeles Times. He lives in
Brooklyn.
Awards
Winter's photo essay on sexual abuse victims in western Alaska was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography.
In 2009 he received the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography, for his coverage of
Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign.
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