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The 1997 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Feature Photography

Finalist: Copley Chicago Newspapers , by Jeffrey L. Brown

For his series of photographs chronicling an illegal immigrant's clandestine journey from Mexico to the United States.

Winners

Prize Winner in Feature Photography in 1997:

Alexander Zemlianichenko

For his photograph of Russian President Boris Yeltsin dancing at a rock concert during his campaign for re-election. (Moved by the Board from the Spot News Photography category.) Feature Photography

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Feature Photography in 1997:

Jon Kral

For his photographs documenting the horrifying conditions in Venezuelan prisons.

Michele McDonald

For her photographs of a woman with terminal breast cancer preparing for her death

The Jury

Craig Klugman(chair )

editor

Karen Baker

managing editor

Hal Buell

executive photo editor (retired)

Kim Komenich*

staff photographer

Narda Zacchino

associate editor and vice president

Winners in Feature Photography

1996

Stephanie Welsh

For her shocking sequence of photos, published by Newhouse News Service, of a female circumcision rite in Kenya.
1995

Staff

For its portfolio of photographs chronicling the horror and devastation in Rwanda.
1993

Staff

For its portfolio of images drawn from the 1992 presidential campaign.
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1997 Prize Winners

Beat Reporting

Byron Acohido

For his coverage of the aerospace industry, notably an exhaustive investigation of rudder control problems on the Boeing 737, which contributed to new FAA requirements for major improvements.
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