John Kaplan is an American photographer who won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize

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...

 for Feature Photography "for his photographs depicting the diverse lifestyles of seven 21-year-olds across the United States".

Kaplan attended Mount Pleasant High School

Mount Pleasant High School (Wilmington, Delaware)

Mount Pleasant High School is a public secondary school located in Wilmington, Delaware. The current principal is James Simmons III. There were 908 students enrolled in the fall for the 2008-2009 school year...

 in Wilmington, Delaware

Wilmington, Delaware

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, graduating in 1977. Kaplan graduated with a bachelors degree in journalism from E. W. Scripps School of Journalism

E. W. Scripps School of Journalism

The E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, widely considered one of the best journalism schools in the country, is part of the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University....

 at Ohio University

Ohio University

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 in 1982 and later graduated with a masters degree in journalism from the school in 1998. In 1999 he became a faculty member at the University of Florida

University of Florida

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In April 2008 Kaplan was named a Fulbright Scholar. The same year, Kaplan was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins lymphoma, a condition which is in remission as of 2011 after treatment. Kaplan has reported his experience with cancer in an award-winning documentary film

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

entitled "Not As I Pictured".