Damon Winter (born December 24, 1974) is a

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based photographer who specializes in documentary, editorial, and travel photography. He received a

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for feature photography in 2009 while with ''

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Life

Born on December 24, 1974, in

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, Winter grew up in St. Thomas in the United States

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. He earned a bachelor's degree in environmental science from

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and worked for ''

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'', ''

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'',

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, '' The Ventura County Star'' and ''

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''. Winter joined ''The New York Times'' in 2007 after three years as a staff photographer at the ''

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''. He lives in

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Awards

Winter's photo essay on sexual abuse victims in western Alaska was a finalist for the

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for feature photography. In 2009 he received the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography, for his coverage of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.

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* * https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/27/us/politics/20080827-winterobama-mutimedia/index.html The New York Times visual journalists Columbia College (New York) alumni Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography winners American photojournalists People from Elmira, New York Living people 1974 births Photographers from New York (state) 21st-century American journalists {{US-journalist-1970s-stub

Life

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