Pulitzer Prize-winning photographic works

Pulitzer prize, also known as "news award", according to the American newspaper giant Joseph? Joseph Pulitzer's last wish was founded in 19 17, which is the highest honor award in American journalism. The Pulitzer Prize takes the real and sharp social problems as the benchmark, hoping that people can think about news, but at the same time, many famous award-winning works have also been criticized for pursuing truth and hitting the scene directly.

For example, the world-famous Hungry Sudan was shot by Kevin? Carter was accused of being cold-blooded and selfish, saying that when he saw the dying refugees, he did not go to the rescue first, but pressed the shutter, which eventually led to Kevin's depression and suicide. 1976 The award-winning work "Fire in the Street of marlborough" is also such a controversial work. Because of its bizarre details and real disaster scenes, it is regarded as the most famous fire photo in the world.

This photo was taken on July 22nd, 1975. In the afternoon, a fire broke out in an apartment on marlborough Avenue. The fire spread very fast, and many high-rise residents were trapped in the fire. Local firefighters quickly arrived at the scene to rescue the trapped residents while putting out the fire.

On the top floor of the apartment, a mother and daughter fled to the fire escape ladder (a kind of fire escape ladder) and were anxiously waiting for the help of firefighters. The mother and daughter are Diana, aged 19 respectively? Kobe Bryant and two-year-old Tial? Jones, Stanley as a photojournalist? When foreman arrived at the scene, firefighters had climbed the fire escape and were preparing to help them climb the escape ladder.

I thought the mother and daughter would be saved, but sometimes accidents happen in a flash. Because of the high temperature and the weight of three people, the fragile fire escape suddenly burst, Diana and Jones fell rapidly from the fifth floor, and firefighter Robert? O 'Neill was lucky enough to catch the ladder. In fact, at that time, the ladder was only a thin line away from them. As long as the fire escape lasts for even half a minute, they won't fall.

In the end, mother Diana died unfortunately, and little Jones fell on her. Luckily, she saved her life. This moment happened so quickly that many people didn't react. Only the experienced reporter foreman pressed the shutter and recorded all the pictures of the fire escape bursting and the mother and daughter falling from the building.

This is undoubtedly a shocking tragedy, and a fresh life disappears in front of everyone. After Foreman's publication, he undoubtedly won the Pulitzer Prize, which also attracted great doubts and discussions from public opinion.

On the one hand, Foreman took the victim's face too clearly and recorded her last moments before she died. Many people think that this is a disrespect for the deceased and an invasion of others' privacy. On the other hand, someone found a strange detail in this group of photos, that is, besides Diana's mother and daughter, there was a naked man standing on the roof, which seemed out of place with the picture. Upon inquiry, the fireman said that he did not remember such a person appearing at the scene.

For these two reasons, The Fire in Marburg Street won the Pulitzer Prize, but it didn't get much praise. The only slightly comforting thing is that this disaster has attracted people's attention, and it has also exposed the unqualified fire exits of many apartments at that time. Since then, fire exits have been rebuilt in many places to avoid the recurrence of similar tragedies.