Stephan Savoia is an American photographer who works for the

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, where he has been a member of two

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-winning teams. He is a graduate of the

State University of New York at Potsdam The State University of New York at Potsdam (SUNY Potsdam or, colloquially, Potsdam) is a public college in Potsdam, New York. It is the northernmost member of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Founded in 1816, it is among the ...

. Events he has covered for the Associated Press include the millennium celebration in

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and the second

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celebration in 1994. One of his Woodstock photos was the first digital photo that AP transmitted globally. The 1993

Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography The Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography is one of the American Pulitzer Prizes annually awarded for journalism. It recognizes a distinguished example of feature photography in black and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or phot ...

recognized the AP "portfolio of images drawn from the 1992 presidential campaign". The same Prize in 1999 recognized its "striking collection of photographs of the key players and events stemming from President Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky and the ensuing impeachment hearings." Savoia snapped Clinton's personal secretary Betty Currie and her attorney Lawrence Wechsler outside a courthouse. A photograph taken by Savoia at the 2009

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induction ceremony, depicting

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player

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crying after his speech, became widely shared on the Internet beginning in late 2014 as the

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meme.

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American photographers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) State University of New York at Potsdam alumni Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography winners Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-photographer-stub