Carol Guzy Explained

Carol Guzy
Birth Date:7 March 1956
Birth Place:Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation:Photographer
Spouse:Jonathan Utz (divorced)

Carol Guzy (born March 7, 1956) is an American news photographer. Guzy worked as a staff photographer for the Miami Herald from 1980 to 1988 and The Washington Post from 1988 to 2014. As of April 2022,[1] Guzy is a contract photographer for ZUMA Press.[2] [3]

She won the Pulitzer Prize four times[4] — one of five people to do so, and the first journalist with that achievement. Guzy was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1986, 1995, 2000 and 2011.

Life and career

Guzy was born into a working-class family in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where she grew up.[5]

She graduated with an associate degree in nursing from Northampton Community College in 1977, and planned to work as a nurse until a friend gave her a camera. In 1980, she earned an associate degree in applied science in photography from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.[6] Afterward she became an intern, and then a photographer, at The Miami Herald. She married UPI photographer Jonathan Utz in 1988. That year she also moved to The Washington Post,[7] following her husband to a job in the city. They divorced in 1998.

In 1990, Guzy was the first woman to receive the Newspaper Photographer of the Year Award, presented by the National Press Photographers Association.[8]

She was detained by police and arrested on April 15, 2000, as a part of the IMF World Bank detentions.[9] In 2001, she was awarded the Northampton Community College Alumni Association's Professional Achievement Award. Upon receiving it, Guzy said,

Besides her work in The Washington Post, Guzy's work has appeared on the Photography Channel.[10]

In August 2007, Guzy's photos of animals left behind on the Gulf Coast, where she spent months in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, were included in a three-artist benefit exhibit titled "Lest We Forget: Three Perspectives on Hurricane Katrina" at the Discovery Too art gallery in Bethesda, Maryland.[11]

Guzy lives in Arlington, Virginia.[12] [13]

Pulitzer Prizes

Guzy is one of only five people to win the Pulitzer Prize four times.

Year Category Shared with For coverage of Refs
1986 The Armero tragedy following the eruption of Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia [14]
1995 Spot News Photography — Unrest in Haiti associated with Operation Uphold Democracy[15]
2000 Kosovo War refugees[16]
2011 Nikki Kahn and Aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake[17]

Awards

Selected works

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Photojournalist describes what Russia left behind in Bucha: 'It's apocalyptic' .
  2. News: Meet a Pro: Carol Guzy, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist . 42 West, the Adorama Learning Center . 6 June 2019 . Skwiot . Suzee . 25 April 2022 . 22 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230122143348/https://www.adorama.com/alc/meet-a-pro-pulitzer-prize-winning-photojournalist-carol-guzy/ . dead .
  3. Web site: Nikon Ambassador | Carol Guzy | Nikon .
  4. Web site: Meet a Pro: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist Carol Guzy. Walker. Frank. 6 June 2019. Adorama. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190607170338/https://www.adorama.com/alc/meet-a-pro-pulitzer-prize-winning-photojournalist-carol-guzy . 2019-06-07 .
  5. Book: Hudson, Berkley. Encyclopedia of Journalism. SAGE. 2009. 978-0-7619-2957-4. Sterling. Christopher H.. Thousand Oaks, Calif.. 1060–67.
  6. Web site: Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn and Ricky Carioti . The 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Breaking News Photography . The Pulitzer Prizes . 2012-12-16.
  7. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/photo/bestofthepost/guzycarol/index.html "Carl Guzy"
  8. https://www.artinstitutes.edu/alumni/Carol-Guzy/39827#carol_guzy "Carol Guzy"
  9. Web site: Reporters arrested covering violence in D.C., Miami, war in Chechnya . Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (rcfp.org) . 1985-03-16 . 2012-12-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110611202126/http://www.rcfp.org/news/mag/24-2/pah-anderson.html . 2011-06-11 . dead .
  10. Guzy, Carol. "Saved from the Streets". Photography Channel.
  11. http://www.discoverygalleries.com/dg_news.asp "Lest We Forget": Three Perspectives on Hurricane Katrina"
  12. http://www.meyerfoundation.org/about_meyer/art_gallery/carol_guzy
  13. Carol Guzy: A Photojournalist's Story . Shutterbug . Smith, Rosalind . March 1999 .
  14. Web site: The 1986 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Spot News Photography . www.pulitzer.org . 11 July 2023 . en.
  15. Web site: The 1995 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Spot News Photography. www.pulitzer.org. en. 2020-02-29.
  16. Web site: The 2000 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Photography . www.pulitzer.org . 11 July 2023 . en.
  17. Web site: The 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Breaking News Photography . www.pulitzer.org . 11 July 2023 . en.
  18. http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Spot-News-Photography Spot News Photography"
  19. http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Feature-Photography "Feature Photography"
  20. http://www.nppa.org/about_us/honors_and_recognitions/poy/
  21. http://bop.nppa.org/2009/still_photography/winners/?cat=OES
  22. Web site: 2009: Carol Guzy, "Birth and Death" Washington Post - Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights - Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights . rfk . rfkcenter.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150622201015/http://rfkcenter.org/2009-carol-guzy-qbirth-and-deathq-washington-post . 2015-06-22 .
  23. http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Breaking-News-Photography "Breaking News Photography"
  24. http://www.twice.com/news/news/2012-pmda-award-winners-named/12428 TWICE.com, "2012 PMDA Award Winners Named"
  25. Web site: 2013 Recipients of the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism Announced. Missouri School of Journalism. 25 June 2013 .

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