Monday, September 13, 2010

The May 2009 issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story about Patrick Farrell of the Miami Herald and Damon Winter of The New York Times and their 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winning portfolios. Also in this issue, Bruce Young reviews the documentary film "The Death Of Kevin Carter" about a controversial Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph widely known as "The Vulture" and the photographer who shot it and committed suicide soon afterwards; a story about the photographers who at one time made up the staff of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer before it stopped printing; a story about the lifting of the Dover Photo Ban and how fallen soldiers historically have been treated photographically; Brian McDermott takes a look at possible reasons why college photojournalism program enrollments are on the rise despite today's economy and the plight of newspapers; U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jeremy Lock is the first person to win the Military Photographer of the Year title a record four times; and Stephen Wolgast reviews Richard Street's new book, "Everyone Had Cameras," about the photographic depiction of America's farm workers. These and other stories in the May 2009 issue of News Photographer magazine.

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