Carol Guzy
These collection of photos were taken by her and her team, which includes Nikki Kahn and Ricky Carioti.
Carol Guzy won the Pulitzer Prize in the breaking news category in 2011. Her and her team of two other photographers for capturing these breathtaking photos of Haitians after the earthquake struck. The earthquake was recorded as a 7.0 Magnitude, and affected 350,000,000 people. These pictures captured my eye because so much emotion really is showing, to me they are the definition of photojournalism. The faces, surroundings, and actions come out to make these photos really amazing.
Carol Guzy started out in a middle class family. She figured she would become a nurse, and even got her Associates degree at Northampton College. Her friend gave her a camera, and suddenly she had another Associates degree, but this time it was for science in photography. Soon after graduating from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale she had an internship at The Miami Herald, soon after she had a job as a photographer. She then moved to The Washington Post, and was the first woman awarded with the Newspaper Photographer of the Year award.
Guzy has been awarded with three Pulitzer Prizes over the years not including her win in 2011. This one she said was her "most intense" photo mission. Her mission was to capture an image that can "fix broken souls". She believes that everybody has a place in life, and she wants to capture people hope and courage as they try to reach this place. Guzy had to go into therapy when she got back from her first photo mission because of the emotional toll it took on her and her supporters.
In the first photo from her Haiti mission, we see a child staring straight at the camera, which made me feel sad, and really we can see so much emotion in this child's face, so I personally loved the photo. We also see what could be a dead body or injured person right next to the child, which gives us an image more in depth of what was going around the main subject. The photo makes me able to really understand how much damage was done in Haiti. The second photo is of what looks like a father and his son walking among the wreckage holding hands. This photo really captured my attention because you can see the fire, all the fallen down buildings, but among this you get a glimpse of hope. A father and son are still connected, and probably are feeling closer than ever.
In the third photo, we see a gathering of people. We don't know exactly what they are doing, but we can see how strongly they felt. These photos really stood out to me because you get such a strong feeling in your heart. You not only understand what is happening in the world around you more, but you see close up the suffrage and heart break. Guzy did an amazing job with these photos, and I can't imagine how hard it would be to actually see this firsthand.
Guzy has been awarded with three Pulitzer Prizes over the years not including her win in 2011. This one she said was her "most intense" photo mission. Her mission was to capture an image that can "fix broken souls". She believes that everybody has a place in life, and she wants to capture people hope and courage as they try to reach this place. Guzy had to go into therapy when she got back from her first photo mission because of the emotional toll it took on her and her supporters.
In the first photo from her Haiti mission, we see a child staring straight at the camera, which made me feel sad, and really we can see so much emotion in this child's face, so I personally loved the photo. We also see what could be a dead body or injured person right next to the child, which gives us an image more in depth of what was going around the main subject. The photo makes me able to really understand how much damage was done in Haiti. The second photo is of what looks like a father and his son walking among the wreckage holding hands. This photo really captured my attention because you can see the fire, all the fallen down buildings, but among this you get a glimpse of hope. A father and son are still connected, and probably are feeling closer than ever.
In the third photo, we see a gathering of people. We don't know exactly what they are doing, but we can see how strongly they felt. These photos really stood out to me because you get such a strong feeling in your heart. You not only understand what is happening in the world around you more, but you see close up the suffrage and heart break. Guzy did an amazing job with these photos, and I can't imagine how hard it would be to actually see this firsthand.
