The Photographer’s Storm: Patrick Farrell and His Photos of Storm-Ravaged Haiti from Poynter Institute on Vimeo.
one of the first U.S. journalists en route to the Caribbean island after Tuesday’s earthquake was Patrick Farrell, who won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photojournalism for “A People in Despair: Haiti’s Year Without Mercy.”
Link: Poynter Online – Herald Photographer Brings Compassion, History to Haiti Earthquake Coverage
From 100 Eyes:
Miami Herald photographer Patrick Farrell has won a Pulitzer for his news coverage of the storms that ravaged Haiti in August and September of last year
From State of the Art:
The 2009 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced today. In the Feature Photography category, Damon Winter of the New York Times won for his “memorable array of pictures deftly capturing multiple facets of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign.”
In the Breaking News category, the award went to Patrick Farrell of the Miami Herald for coverage of Haiti in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. The jury called Farrell’s work “impeccably composed images of despair.” The photo below shows four-year old Veronica Lonis, malnourished and weighing 16 pounds.
