Tom Gralish is a 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...

-winning American

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 photographer. Born in Mount Clemens, Michigan

Mount Clemens, Michigan

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, he worked for United Press International

United Press International

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 and the now-defunct Las Vegas Valley Times before coming to work for the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1983 as a photographer and photo editor. On April 7, 1985, he shot a series of photographs of homeless people on the streets of Philadelphia. This series was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1986, when Gralish was 29 years old.

External links

• "Philadelphia's Homeless - 1985", Gralish's Pulitzer-winning photo essay
• "Scene on the Road", Gralish's blog for the Inquirer.
• Pulitzer listing