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• Barbara Davidson’s photo essay
• Concordia's Photography program
• Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
• Pulitzer Prizes
Source: Concordia Now
Montreal native and Faculty of Fine Arts alumna Barbara Davidson, BFA (Photography and Film Studies) 90, was awarded a Pulitzer Prize on April 18.
A photographer working for the Los Angeles Times, Davidson won the feature photography award for a series of images depicting the impact and legacy of that city’s crossfire of deadly gang violence.
This is Davidson's second Pulitzer — she won the 2006 Breaking News Photography prize for her coverage of Hurricane Katrina while working for the Dallas Morning News.
One of Barbara Davidson's series of images taken for the Los Angeles Times on December 29, 2010. Wendoly Andrade holds her son, Josue Hercules, at their home in Long Beach. The four-year-old was playing on the street with his sister when a 46-year-old man (with a history of gang activity and crime, according to police), got into an argument and pulled a gun. One of the bullets hit Josue in the back of the head, skirted his skull and lodged near his eye. His recovery has been uneven.
There are seven Pulitzer Prizes for drama, music and letters and 14 for journalism. The prizes are administered by Columbia University but awarded by an independent board. Each award comes with a prize of US$10,000.
Source: Concordia Now
