Larry C. Price (born February 23, 1954) is an American

photojournalist Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (such ...

who has won two

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s. In 1981 he won the Pulitzer Prize in Spot News Photography, recognizing images from Liberia published by the

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'' Star-Telegram''. In 1985 he won the

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 ...

for images from war-torn

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and

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published by ''

The Philadelphia Inquirer ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' is a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The newspaper's circulation is the largest in both the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley metropolitan region of Southeastern Pen ...

''.

Early life

Born and raised in

Corpus Christi, Texas Corpus Christi (; Ecclesiastical Latin: "''Body of Christ"'') is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and largest city of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio ...

, Price attended

Sam Houston State University Sam Houston State University (SHSU or Sam) is a public university in Huntsville, Texas. It was founded in 1879 and is the third-oldest public college or university in Texas. It is one of the first normal schools west of the Mississippi River and ...

and then transferred to the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

from which he received a Bachelor of Journalism degree in 1977. He was a member of '' The Daily Texan'' staff during his senior year in college.

Career

After college, he joined the '' El Paso Times'' staff. He then worked on the news staff at the Fort Worth ''Star-Telegram.'' During that time (1979-1983), Price also was a visiting professor at the University of Texas at Austin. In 1983, he left Fort Worth for ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' to work as a photojournalist and later director of photography. After leaving the ''Inquirer'' in 1989, Price worked on contract for ''National Geographic'' before returning to the ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'' as an assistant managing editor in 1991. In 1996 Price joined ''

The Baltimore Sun ''The Baltimore Sun'' is the largest general-circulation daily newspaper based in the U.S. state of Maryland and provides coverage of local and regional news, events, issues, people, and industries. Founded in 1837, it is currently owned by T ...

'' photography staff. He was named assistant managing editor for photography for ''The Denver Post'' in 2000 where he remained until mid-2006. Price worked on a photographic collection showing the life of black cowboys in 2004 and 2005. In 2013, grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting funded Price's project to document child labor in developing countries. Price produced an episode of PBS NewsHour, "Hazardous Work: Diving into the Philippines’ Dangerous Underwater Mines", which received an

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for outstanding investigative journalism in a regularly scheduled newscast in 2015. In 2019, Price was one of the winners of the 70th Annual George Polk Awards from Long Island University, being honored for Environmental Reporting for a series of reports on deadly particulate pollutants in seven countries. Price has received a Best Photographic Reporting award from the Overseas Press Club and has been honored at the World Press Photo Awards. His images have appeared in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

National Geographic ''National Geographic'' (formerly the ''National Geographic Magazine'', sometimes branded as NAT GEO) is a popular American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners. Known for its photojournalism, it is one of the most widel ...

'', '' U.S. News & World Report'', '' Audubon'' and other national publications. Price has contributed to 12 ''Day in the Life'' photography books including the acclaimed ''A Day in the Life of America'', ''A Day in the Life of the Soviet Union'', and ''A Day in the Life of Africa''.

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* American photojournalists Pulitzer Prize for Photography winners Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography winners Fort Worth Star-Telegram people The Philadelphia Inquirer people The Baltimore Sun people People from Fort Worth, Texas Living people 1954 births Journalists from Texas Moody College of Communication alumni {{US-photographer-stub