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When a Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
Oded Balilty of The Associated Press has been awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for news photography for this great photo of a Jewish woman defying Israeli security forces.
I am proud to say that I worked with or know three of this year’s prize winners. Only one news organization, the Wall Street Journal, won more than a single Pulitzer in what was the most diverse field of prize winners in my memory.
My buddy Will Bunch, who oughta win a Pulitzer some day, has more to say about this here.
And more here on the prizes.
6 Responses to “When a Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words”
You might want to explain the context.
Context:
The image stemmed from a clash in the West Bank settlement of Amona, east of the Palestinian town of Ramallah, in February 2006. About 200 people were wounded as hundreds of stone-throwing Jewish settlers resisted a forced evacuation of the illegal outpost. The violence came after a court allowed the demolition of nine homes at the site.
Balilty said he and a colleague were covering the clashes and at one point, they decided to split up and stake out different positions. That’s when he captured the woman’s fierce resistance.
It is a powerful photo in any context. The composition is striking.
Wait a second… Is that ‘green helmut’ I see?
Uh,….why don’t the cops just walk around the board? doh
I’m cheering for the security forces.