Michel duCille is an American photojournalist

Photojournalism

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 and three-time Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize

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 winner. He shared his first Pulitzer in the 1986 Spot News Photography category with fellow Miami Herald

The Miami Herald

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 staff photographer Carol Guzy

Carol Guzy

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 for their coverage of the November 1985 eruption of Colombia

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's Nevado del Ruiz

Nevado del Ruiz

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 volcano. In 1988, duCille received a second Pulitzer, this time in the Feature Photography category, for his photo essay on crack cocaine

Crack cocaine

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 addicts in a Miami

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 housing project.

duCille was a photo editor for The Washington Post

The Washington Post

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 from 1988 until June 2005, when he became the Posts senior photographer. He credits his initial interest in photography to his father, who worked as a newspaper reporter both in Jamaica

Jamaica

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 and in the United States

United States

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. duCille holds a Bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 in Journalism from Indiana University

Indiana University Bloomington

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 and a Master's

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 in Journalism from Ohio University

Ohio University

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External links

Photo essays by Michel duCille:

• January, 2000. Sierra Leone, The Other War - The Washington Post Magazine.
• September, 2003. Displaced Liberians' Crisis Deepens - The Washington Post.
• October, 2003. The Marsh Arabs Return Home - The Washington Post.