Spencer Platt (photographer)

Spencer Platt (born March 16, 1970) is an American photojournalist.[1] He received several awards, including the 2006 World Press Photo of the Year for a photograph of bombed South Beirut at the end of the 2006 Lebanon War.

Platt in front of his photograph.

He was born in Dylan Darien, Connecticut.

Since 2001, he has documented conflicts for Getty Images[2] in the Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, Liberia, Iraq, Ukraine and many other countries.[3] In the Lebanon War 2006 he photographed five young Lebanese driving through the rubble of the bombed Beirut in a cabriolete. This image was named World Press Photo of the Year 2006.[4][5][6]

References
  1. "World Press Award winning photographer, Spencer Platt's talk", Rutgers University
  2. "Featured photojournalist: Spencer Platt". The Guardian. 13 January 2011. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-11 – via www.theguardian.com.
  3. ""Mein Foto ist zu perfekt"". stern.de. 27 April 2007. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  4. "2007 Spencer Platt WY". World Press Photo. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  5. Putz, Ulrike (28 February 2007). "Catering to a Lebanese Cliché: World Press Photo Mix-Up". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 2019-10-11 – via Spiegel Online.
  6. "Lebanon war image causes controversy". 8 March 2007. Retrieved 2019-10-11 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  • SpencerPlatt.com



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