Brian Lanker
Illustration — "Moment of Life", cited as the exemplary photo in the sequence for which Lanker received the Pulitzer Prize Brian Lanker (August 31, 1947 – March 13, 2011) was an American photographer. Brian Lanker’s early roots in newspaper photojournalism began at the Topeka Capital-Journal. He won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for a black-and-white photo essay on childbirth for The Topeka Capital-Journal, including the photograph "Moment of Life".
Brian Lanker
Brian Lanker · Topeka Capital-Journal, " Kansas is large part of Pulitzer Prize-winning Lanker’s retrospective book ", March 19, 2016. Originally published in 1972. Cropped from the source image to the portion publ · Public domain
- Born
- 1947 · Detroit.
- Died
- 2011 · Eugene.
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- United States
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- photographer · journalist
- Honours
- Candace Award
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Illustration — "Moment of Life", cited as the exemplary photo in the sequence for which Lanker received the Pulitzer Prize Brian Lanker (August 31, 1947 – March 13, 2011) was an American photographer. Brian Lanker’s early roots in newspaper photojournalism began at the Topeka Capital-Journal. He won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for a black-and-white photo essay on childbirth for The Topeka Capital-Journal, including the photograph "Moment of Life".
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Lanker died at his home in Eugene, Oregon on March 13, 2011, after a brief bout of pancreatic cancer. He was 63. His work appeared in Life and Sports Illustrated, as well as book projects, including I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America, Shall we dance, They Drew Fire, and Track Town, USA. The debut exhibition for I Dream A World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. set attendance records for the 111 year old museum. Lanker considered his greatest honor to be his inclusion, alongside W. Eugene Smith, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Eliot Porter, in Images of Man, an audiovisual educational programme. He directed his first documentary film, They Drew Fire: Combat Artists of WWII, a highly acclaimed PBS prime time program in 1998. His book Shall we dance was published in 2008. He was the graphics director for The Register-Guard newspaper in Eugene from 1974 to 1982. He received a Candace Award from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women in 1991. Lanker is the father of musician Dustin Lanker.
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Brian Lanker was born on 31 August 1947.
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Brian Lanker died on 13 March 2011.
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- 1.The Pulitzer Prizes. The Pulitzer Prizes - 1973 Winners.
- 2.Baker, Mark. Acclaimed photojournalist dies at 63. The Register-Guard. March 18, 2011.
- 3.Dunlap, David W. Brian Lanker, Pulitzer-Winning Photojournalist, Dies at 63. The New York Times. March 18, 2011.
- 4.Pulitzer-winning photographer dies. Statesman Journal. March 15, 2011.
- 5.CHRONICLE. The New York Times. June 26, 1991.
- 6.Turnquist, Kristi. Eugene's Brian Lanker leaves behind a legacy as a pioneering photojournalist. The Oregonian. March 19, 2011.
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