The Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography has been awarded since 1968 for a distinguished example of feature photography in black and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, a sequence or an album.
1970: Dallas Kinney , Palm Beach Post (Florida) , for his portfolio of pictures of Florida migrant workers, "Migration to Misery."
1971: Jack Dykinga , Chicago Sun-Times, for his dramatic and sensitive photographs at the Lincoln and Dixon State Schools for the Retarded in Illinois.
1973: Brian Lanker , Topeka Capital-Journal , for his sequence on child birth, as exemplified by his photograph, "Moment of Life."
19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped: Slava Veder , Associated PressThe Associated Press or AP is an American news agency that claims to be the world's oldest and largest. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, who both contribute stories to it and use material written by its staffers. As of 2004, A, for his picture of the return of an American prisoner of war from captivity in North Vietnam.
1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i: Matthew Lewis , Washington Post, for his photographs in color and black and white.
19761976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 12 UN Security Council votes 11-1 to admit the Palestinian Liberation Organization January 15 Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is s: Photographic staff of the Louisville Courier-Journal and Times , for a comprehensive pictorial report on busing in Louisville's schools.
1977For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January 1 First woman Episcopal priest ordained January 6 EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious " legionnaire's disease" Januar: Robin Hood , Chattanooga News-Free Press , for his photograph of a disabled veteran and his child at an Armed Forces Day parade.
1978: J. Ross Baughman , Associated Press, for three photographs from guerrilla areas in Rhodesia.
1979: Staff photographers of the Boston Herald American , for photographic coverage of the blizzard of 1978.
1980: Erwin H. Hagler , Dallas Times Herald , for a series on the Western cowboy.
1981: Taro M. Yamasaki , Detroit Free Press, for his photographs of Jackson State Prison, Michigan.
1982: John H. White , Chicago Sun-Times, for consistently excellent work on a variety of subjects.
1983: James B. Dickman , Dallas Times Herald , for his telling photographs of life and death in El Salvador.
1984: Anthony Suau , Denver Post , for a series of photographs which depict the tragic effects of starvation in Ethiopia and for a single photograph of a woman at her husband's gravesite on Memorial Day.
1985: Stan Grossfeld , Boston Globe, for his series of photographs of the famine in Ethiopia and for his pictures of illegal aliens on the Mexican border.
1987: David Peterson , Des Moines Register , for his photographs depicting the shattered dreams of American farmers.
1988:Michel DuCille, Miami Herald, for photographs portraying the decay and subsequent rehabilitation of a housing project overrun by the drug crack.
1989: Manny Crisostomo , Detroit Free Press, for his series of photographs. depicting student life at Southwestern High School in Detroit.
1990: David C. Turnley , Detroit Free Press, for photographs of the political uprisings in China and Eastern Europe.
1991: William Snyder , Dallas Morning News, for his photographs of ill and orphaned children living in subhuman conditions in Romania.
1992: John Kaplan , Block Newspapers , Toledo, Ohio, for his photographs depicting the diverse lifestyles of seven 21-year-olds across the United States.
1993: Staff of Associated Press, for its portfolio of images drawn from the 1992 presidential campaign.
1994:Kevin Carter, a free-lance photographer, for a picture first published in The New York Times of a starving Sudanese girl who collapsed on her way to a feeding center while a vulture waited nearby.
1995: Staff of Associated Press, for its portfolio of photographs chronicling the horror and devastation in Rwanda.
1996: Stephanie Welsh , a free-lancer, for her shocking sequence of photos, published by Newhouse News Service , of a female circumcision rite in Kenya.
1997: Alexander Zemlianichenko , Associated Press, for his photograph of Russian President Boris Yeltsin dancing at a rock concert during his campaign for re-election. This was originally nominated in the Spot News Photography section, but was moved by the board to Feature Photography.
1998: Clarence Williams , Los Angeles Times, for his powerful images documenting the plight of young children with parents addicted to alcohol and drugs.
2000: Carol Guzy , Michael Williamson and Lucian Perkins , Washington Post, for their intimate and poignant images depicting the plight of the Kosovo refugees.
2001: Matt Rainey , Star-Ledger (New Jersey) , for his emotional photographs that illustrate the care and recovery of two students critically burned in a dormitory fire at Seton Hall University.
2002:New York Times staff, for its photographs chronicling the pain and the perseverance of people enduring protracted conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
2003: Don Bartletti , Los Angeles Times, for his memorable portrayal of how undocumented Central American youths, often facing deadly danger, travel north to the United States.
2004:Carolyn Cole, Los Angeles Times, for her cohesive, behind-the-scenes look at the effects of civil war in Liberia, with special attention to innocent citizens caught in the conflict.
