Spencer Platt
Since 2001, he has documented international conflicts for Getty Images in the Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, Liberia, Iraq, Ukraine and many other countries. At the end of the 2006 Lebanon War he photographed five young Lebanese driving through the rubble of the bombed South Beirut in a cabriolete. This image was named World Press Photo of the Year 2006.
Spencer Platt
Charlie Brewer from Sydney, Australia · Spencer Platt standing infront of his winning image · CC BY-SA 2.0
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- 1970 · Westport.
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- United States
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- photographer · photojournalist · journalist
- Education
- Clark University
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He was co-winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography. He was born in Darien, Connecticut.
Spencer Platt studied at Clark University.
Spencer won World Press Photo of the year 2006
Charlie Brewer from Sydney, Australia · Spencer Platt speaking at the State Library of New South Wales
Spencer Platt speaking at the State Library of New South Wales
Charlie Brewer from Sydney, Australia · Spencer Platt speaking at the State Library of New South Wales
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- 1.Win McNamee, Drew Angerer, Spencer Platt, Samuel Corum and Jon Cherry of Getty Images. www.pulitzer.org.
- 2.Featured photojournalist: Spencer Platt. The Guardian. 13 January 2011. 0261-3077.
- 3."Mein Foto ist zu perfekt". Stern. 27 April 2007.
- 4.2007 Spencer Platt WY. World Press Photo.
- 5.Putz, Ulrike. Catering to a Lebanese Cliché: World Press Photo Mix-Up. Spiegel. 28 February 2007.
- 6.Lebanon war image causes controversy. BBC News. 8 March 2007.
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