Wendy Sue Lamm (born in Los Angeles, California) is an American photographer and

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Career

Lamm earned her BA in Humanities from the

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in 1988. She worked with the

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, where she stayed until 1997. From 1988 to 1996 she works in the most various places of the United States, from

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to New York City and San Francisco. In 1994 she worked for the ''

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'' and reported on the

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. Between 1996 and 2005, Lamm was posted in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

, in Paris and in

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. Since 1998 she works for the Italianagency ''Contrasto''. In 1997 she received the first World Press Photo Prize in the category ''Spot news'' for a picture published with the Agence France-Presse. That twin picture depicts Israeli soldiers and a Palestinian, with a thick line separating them. In 1998 she won third prize in the World Press Photo in the category ''Art'' for a picture published with the ''Contrasto'' agency.Archive World Press Photo 1998
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Awards

* 1995: Pulitzer Prize as a staff member of the ''

'' * 1998: World Press Photo, 1st prize * 1999: World Press Photo, 3rd prize * 1999: ''Picture of the Year Contest'', Award of Excellence * 1992: Pulitzer Prize Finalist as a staff member of the Oakland Tribune

References

External links

Site of Wendy Sue Lamm
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