Alumna earns second Pulitzer Prize

Barbara Davidson honoured for photo series for the Los Angeles Times.

April 27, 2011

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.

?In Long Beach, amid the duplexes ad the shaggy palm trees, two different worlds were playing out. On the sidewalk in front of his house, 4 year-old Josue Hercules was playing with his sister. Down the street, 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. Recovery has been uneven. Wendoly Andrade holds her son, Josue, at their home in Long Beach. After the shooting, Josue was in a coma for several days, fighting for his life. | Photo by Barbara Davidson, for the Los Angeles Times - December 29, 2011

?One of Barbara Davidson's series of images taken for the Los Angeles Times on December 29, 2011. Wendoly Andrade holds her son, Josue Hercules, at their home in Long Beach. Josue (who is four years 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.

Alumna earns second Pulitzer Prize

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