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TRAVEL BLOG4.9.08
Speaking of Powerful Photos: John Moore’s Pakistan StoryYesterday, I noted the riveting story behind the Pulitzer Prize-winning Burma photo. Today, I was chatting with a photographer who told me that many in the news photo biz expected Getty Image’s John Moore to win the breaking news photography Pulitzer for his shots of the Benazir Bhutto assassination in Pakistan in December. Moore was the only American photographer on the scene. It turns out that Moore, too, has recounted the story of the moments when he captured some horrifying images. He posted the tale on the Getty Images site in January, but this was the first time I’d read it. I figure others probably missed it, too. Here’s the link. It’s powerful stuff. He thought he was simply covering a campaign rally. That changed fast:
Moore also recounted the story in a moving audio slide show in the New York Times.
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COMMENTSYeah, I’m wondering why John Moore didn’t get it either. He won practically every other major photography award this year for his Bhutto photos. By on 4.9.08 at 01:14 PM
Oh my God. That was horrible, very disturbing photos. Poor John. It probably was traumatic for him being in the middle of those chaos. He said Bhutto’s supporters in front of him had shielded him from the blast. He was extremely lucky. By car lease on 4.10.08 at 05:06 AM
ya..thats horrible.....=( By toronto wedding on 6.6.08 at 08:26 AM
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