Mary Chind-Willie
Mary Chind-Willie (born May 29, 1967) is a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer.
Mary Chind-Willie
- Name
- Mary Chind-Willie
- Born
- 29 May 1967
- Birthplace
- Stevens Point, Wisconsin, U.S.
- Occupation
- Photographer
- Spouse
- Troy Willie
- Nationality
- United States
- Education
- University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point
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Mary Chind-Willie (born May 29, 1967) is a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer.
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Mary Chind-Willie (born 1967) is a journalist, photographer and photojournalist, of American nationality. The journalist was born in Stevens Point. Mary Chind-Willie was educated at University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point.
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• Name — Mary Chind-Willie • Born — 29 May 1967 • Birthplace — Stevens Point, Wisconsin, U.S. • Occupation — Photographer • Spouse — Troy Willie
Biography
Biography
Chind-Willie was born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. She is a 1989 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in graphic design and communications. Currently, she lives in an in Altoona, Iowa with her husband, Troy Willie.
Career
Career
Chind-Willie is an independent photographer working in Iowa. In 1999 she joined the Des Moines Register where she worked until 2014. Previously Chind-Willie has worked for The Sierra Vista Herald as well as The Tucson Citizen.
Awards
While working for the Des Moines Register, Chind-Willie won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for a photo showing a construction worker, Jason Oglesbee, attempting to rescue Patricia Ralph-Neely from a flooded river. The Pulitzer Prizes described the photograph as "the heart stopping moment when a rescuer dangling in a makeshift harness tries to save a woman trapped in the foaming water beneath a dam." Attempts to rescue the woman, trapped in the turbulence of water churning underneath a dam had been futile, so Oglesbee wrapped himself in chains and had a construction crane lower him to within reach of the woman. In the photograph, you don't see the woman, but simply her outstretched hand. Ultimately, she was saved.
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- 1.Fischer, Heinz-Dietrich. Key Images of American Life: Pulitzer Prize Winning Pictures. LIT Verlag Münster. 2014-01-12. 9783643905185.
- 2.The Des Moines Register. Register photographer Mary Chind wins Pulitzer Prize. desmoinesregister. January 2018.
- 3.Polk County Marriage Listings DesMoinesRegister.com. data.desmoinesregister.com. December 2025.
- 4.Mary Chind. Pulitzer Center.
- 5.The Pulitzer Prizes. Lens Blog. 12 April 2010.
- 6.Photo Pulitzer Prize Winners: Mary Chind and Craig F. Walker. PetaPixel. 13 April 2010.
- 7.The Pulitzer Prizes Citation. www.pulitzer.org.
- 8.Mary Chind, Craig F. Walker, Win Photo Pulitzer Prizes NPPA. nppa.org.
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