Carolyn Cole
PROFESSIONAL
Los Angeles Times, since 1994
Has captured images of national and international events over the past 12 years, covering assignments in Africa, the Middle East, California and New York.
Sacramento Bee
Staff photographer, 1992-94.
Freelance photographer,
Mexico City, 1990-92.
San Francisco Examiner
Staff photographer, 1988-90.
El Paso Herald Post
Staff photographer, 1986-88.
EDUCATION
University of Texas — Austin. B.A., Photojournalism, 1983.
AWARDS
Pulitzer Prize, 2004: Feature Photography, civil conflict in Liberia.
George Polk Award for Photojournalism, 2004: Iraq war and Liberia’s civil conflict.
Robert Capa Award, Overseas Press Club, for courage in photography, covering the Iraq war and civil conflict in Liberia, 2004.
Pictures of the Year, University of Missouri, newspaper photographer of the year, 2004.
National Press Photographers Assn., newspaper photographer of the year, 2004.
World Press Photo, second place, people in the news, Iraq war; third place, people in the news, civil conflict in Liberia, 2004.
Sigma Delta Chi, 2004: News Photography, “The War in Iraq.”
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