Spencer Platt (born March 16, 1970) is an American photojournalist. Since 2001, he has documented conflicts for Getty Images in the Republic of Congo,

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, Liberia,

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

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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 The World Press Photo of the Year award is part of the World Press Photo Awards, organized by the Dutch foundation World Press Photo. Considered one of the most prestigious and coveted awards in photojournalism, The World Press Photo of the Ye ...

2006. He was co-winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography. He was born in Darien, Connecticut.

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* 1970 births Clark University alumni American photojournalists War photographers Living people Pulitzer Prize for Photography winners {{US-photographer-stub