We all know that it’s not that easy for someone to receive a Pulitzer Prize in the field of writing and photography. It generally requires a lot of hard work and dedication on the part of journalists. This year’s Pulitzer Prizes function was pretty interesting as a photographer got his Pulitzer prize after a long wait of 28 years.
Well, in the year 1979, an anonymous photographer was there at the place when executioners shot Kurdish prisoners in Sanandaj, Iran. His picture was taken by United Press International and published worldwide without the name of the photographer being mentioned. Startlingly, that image turned out to be so convincing that it was awarded the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for spot news photography. It was 28 years back when an anonymous photographer was honored with the highest honor in print journalism, the Pulitzer.
In the year 2002, Joshua Prager, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, started his search to find that anonymous photographer and after some years, he came up with the name Jahangir Razmi. Aftyer so many years, Jahangir Razmi agreed to publish his name in a December 2006 article for The Journal. This was how Pulitzer Prize board was urged to look for Razmi. Sig Gissler, the administrator of the Pulitzers said:
We concluded that more publicity would be more protection.
On May 21, 2007, Razmi received the Pulitzer at a ceremony at Columbia University. But, the conditions and his journey to New York to receive the $10,000 prize were unpleasant. Siavash Zaryoun, a family friend who translated for Razmi, said:
As a journalist, he was ready to give the prize to someone else. Even in these 27 years, he has not been able to forget.
Via: IHT
