Carol Guzy
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Carol Guzy is a four-time Pulitzer Prize
winning Washington Post photographer.
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She graduated with an associate's degree in nursing in 1978 from Northampton Community College
and planned to work as a nurse until a friend gave her a camera. In 1980, she earned an associate's degree in applied science in photography from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Afterward, she became an intern, and then a photographer, at the Miami Herald. She married United Press International
photographer Jonathan Utz in 1988. In 1988, she moved to The Washington Post
, following her husband to a job in Washington, D.C. They divorced in 1998.
In 1990, Guzy was the first woman to receive the Newspaper Photographer of the Year Award, presented by the National Press Photographers Association
.
She was detained by police and arrested on April 15, 2000 as a part of the IMF World Bank detentions
. The same year, she was awarded the Northampton Community College Alumni Association's Professional Achievement Award. Upon receiving it, Guzy said, "The nursing program gave me more than a degree. It helped me gain an understanding of human suffering and an incredible sensitivity to it. I know that without this background, my photography would have a totally different edge."
Besides her work in the Washington Post, Guzy's work has appeared on the Photography Channel.
In August 2007, Guzy's photos of animals left behind on the Gulf Coast, where she spent months in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
, were included in a three-artist benefit exhibit titled "Lest We Forget: Three Perspectives on Hurricane Katrina" at the Discovery Too art gallery in Bethesda, Maryland.
Guzy lives in Arlington, Virginia.
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
winning Washington Post photographer.
Life and career
Guzy grew up in a working-class family in Bethlehem, PennsylvaniaBethlehem, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 74,982, making it the seventh largest city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie,...
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She graduated with an associate's degree in nursing in 1978 from Northampton Community College
Northampton Community College
Northampton Community College is a community college in Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania, USA, just outside the city of Bethlehem. The college, founded in 1967, also has a second campus in Pocono Township in neighboring Monroe County...
and planned to work as a nurse until a friend gave her a camera. In 1980, she earned an associate's degree in applied science in photography from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Afterward, she became an intern, and then a photographer, at the Miami Herald. She married United Press International
United Press International
United Press International is a once-major international news agency, whose newswires, photo, news film and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines and radio and television stations for most of the twentieth century...
photographer Jonathan Utz in 1988. In 1988, she moved to The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
, following her husband to a job in Washington, D.C. They divorced in 1998.
In 1990, Guzy was the first woman to receive the Newspaper Photographer of the Year Award, presented by the National Press Photographers Association
National Press Photographers Association
NPPA is the acronym for the National Press Photographers Association, founded in 1947. The organization is based in Durham, North Carolina and its mostly made up of still photographers, television videographers, editors, and students in the journalism field...
.
She was detained by police and arrested on April 15, 2000 as a part of the IMF World Bank detentions
Washington A16, 2000
Washington A16, 2000 was a series of protests in Washington, D.C. against the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, that occurred in April 2000. The annual IMF and World Bank meetings were the scene for follow-on protests of the 1999 WTO protests....
. The same year, she was awarded the Northampton Community College Alumni Association's Professional Achievement Award. Upon receiving it, Guzy said, "The nursing program gave me more than a degree. It helped me gain an understanding of human suffering and an incredible sensitivity to it. I know that without this background, my photography would have a totally different edge."
Besides her work in the Washington Post, Guzy's work has appeared on the Photography Channel.
In August 2007, Guzy's photos of animals left behind on the Gulf Coast, where she spent months in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
, were included in a three-artist benefit exhibit titled "Lest We Forget: Three Perspectives on Hurricane Katrina" at the Discovery Too art gallery in Bethesda, Maryland.
Guzy lives in Arlington, Virginia.
Awards
- 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News PhotographyPulitzer Prize for Spot News PhotographyThe Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography was awarded from 1968 – 1999, thereafter being renamed as the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography.-List of winners:...
- 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography
- 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Feature PhotographyPulitzer Prize for Feature PhotographyThe Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography has been awarded since 1968 for a distinguished example of feature photography in black and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, a sequence or an album....
- 1990; 1993; 1997 Photographer of the Year awards in the National Press Photographers' annual contest
- 2009 Best of Photojournalism, Enterprise Picture Story, National Press Photographers AssociationNational Press Photographers AssociationNPPA is the acronym for the National Press Photographers Association, founded in 1947. The organization is based in Durham, North Carolina and its mostly made up of still photographers, television videographers, editors, and students in the journalism field...
- 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism AwardRobert F. Kennedy Journalism AwardThe Robert F. Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism is journalisms award named after Robert F. Kennedy and awarded by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. The annual awards are issued in several categories and were established in December 1968 by a group of reporters who...
(International Photo) - 2009 The Hillman PrizeThe Hillman PrizeThe Hillman Prize is a journalism award given out annually by the Sidney Hillman Foundation, named for the noted American labor leader. It is given to "journalists, writers and public figures who pursue social justice and public policy for the common good." Murray Kempton was the first recipient,...
, Photo-journalism - 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News PhotographyPulitzer Prize for Breaking News PhotographyThe Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography, has been awarded since 2000. Before 1968, there was only one photography category, the Pulitzer Prize for Photography, which was divided into the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography and feature categories...
Works
- "1997 Picture of the Year", The Washington Post
- "1st Place, Enterprise Picture Story (large markets)", Best of Photojournalism
- "Carol Guzy and other panelists talk about how difficult the editing process can be", Inside Media: Celebrate FotoWeek DC, November 22, 2008
- "Tapestry of Life: Essay and Photos by Carol Guzy," Poynter Online, Feb. 23, 2000