NCSU Libraries Focus Online
Volume 24 number 3 - Spring 2004
Friends of the Library News
By Mary Kate Keith, Friends of the Library
Two Pulitzer Photographers Visit NCSU Libraries
On December 5, 2003, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalists Annie Wellsand
Stephanie Walsh presented slide shows of their photography at the Erdahl-Cloyd
Theater in the D. H. Hill Library. Wells won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for spot
news for her photograph of a fireman rescuing a young girl from a raging flood
in California. Welsh received the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography.
She photographed images of a female circumcision rite in Kenya. Both woman
spoke about the dramatic circumstances surrounding the events they photographed
and how winning the Pulitzer affected their lives and careers. They stayed
after the presentation to answer questions and sign exhibition catalogs from
the exhibition The Pulitzer Prize Photographs: Capture the Moment.
Before their lecture in the library, Wells and Welsh spoke about their work
with students in the NC State University Honors Program.
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