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For a distinguished example of feature photography in black and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, a sequence or an album, Five thousand dollars ($5,000).

Associated Press, by Photo Staff

For its striking collection of photographs of the key players and events stemming from President Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky and the ensuing impeachment hearings.

Columbia University Provost Jonathan R. Cole (left) presents Fred Sweets, of the Associated Press, with the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography.

Winning Work

DALLAS, April 16, 1998 -- An emotional Paula Jones takes a moment to compose herself as she addresses the media at a news conference. (Ron Heflin/Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 1998 -- President Clinton's personal secretary Betty Currie clutches her purse as she and her attorney Lawrence Wechsler, left, work their way through the crush of media outside the U.S. courthouse. (Stephan Savoia/Associated Press)
 
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 1998 -- Democratic lawmakers, right, clap for President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, as they arrive to speak to the media outside the White House, With the President and first lady are from left, Vice President Gore, House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt and White House Chief of Staff John Podesta. (Doug Mills/Associated Press)
 
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 1998 -- Television cameramen with videotape stacks of printed transcripts of President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky's grand jury testimony and other related documents that were offered for sale at the Government Printing Office bookstore. (Wilfredo Lee/Associated Press)
PHILADELPHIA, April 6, 1998 -- Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky and her attorney William Ginsburg head to their car from the Wanamaker Building. (Dan Loh/Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, July 29, 1998 -- Linda Tripp talks to reporters outside federal court after making her final appearance before the grand jury looking into the relationship between Lewinsky and President Clinton. (Khue Bui/Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 1998 -- President Clinton wipes his eyes after sharing a laugh with Vice President Al Gore and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton as he prepares to speak with House Democrats outside the Oval Office at the White House following the historic impeachment vote by the House. (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 1998 -- White House Counsel David Kendall, back to camera, questions Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr, rear, left, during the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment hearing on Capitol Hill. (Joe Marquette/Associated Press)
 
EDGARTOWN, Mass., Aug. 18, 1998 -- President Clinton sits in his car after arriving on Martha's Vineyard for a two-week family vacation. (Charles Krupa/Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 1998 -- Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, gestures while returning to Capitol Hill after she and fellow House Democrats walked out of the House Chamber in protest when Republicans blocked their effort to force a vote on the lesser penalty of censure as an alternative to impeachment. (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 1998 -- A technician in a cherry picker works on a giant video screen in Times Square, Monday as NBC's Tim Russert comments on President Clinton's videotaped grand jury testimony from Aug. 17, 1998. (Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 1998 -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., left, talks to Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., ranking Democrat on the Committee, center, and Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., right, before the start of an impeachment inquiry against President Clinton on Capitol Hill. Man second from right is an unidentified aide. (Doug Mills/Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 1998 -- Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr is sworn in on Capitol Hill prior to testifying before the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment hearing. (Doug Mills/Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 1998 -- Vernon Jordan, long-time confidant of President Clinton, leaves his home. (Khue Bui/Associated Press)
 
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 1998 -- President Clinton thanks Democratic members of the House of Representatives who voted against impeachment, as first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton looks on, at the White House. (Susan Walsh/Associated Press)
President Clinton, his daughter Chelsea, center, and wife Hillary walk with their dog, Buddy, from the White House toward a helicopter as they depart for their vacation on Martha's Vineyard. (Roberto Borea/Associated Press)
 
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 1998 -- White House Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart peers out of his office window while talking on the phone shortly after President Clinton gave his testimony to independent counsel Ken Starr's grand jury regarding the Monica Lewinsky case. (Ruth Fremson/Associated Press)
DAL DIAM, Senegal, April 1, 1998 -- President Clinton, wearing traditional Senegalese clothing, and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, listen to "griot" or village storytellers of a village about 90 kilometers (56 miles) east of Dakar, during a tour of the area of sustained recovery from drought. (Greg Gibson/Associated Press)
 
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 1998 -- Rep. Bob Livingston, R-La., left, is followed by outgoing House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Ga. and his wife Marianne, as he walks down the steps of Capitol. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 1998 -- President Clinton walks to the podium to deliver a short statement on the impeachment inquiry in the Rose Garden of the White House. (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press)

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Feature Photography in 1999:

Bill Greene

For his inspirational images that trace the work of Donald Anderson, a descendent of slaves, who helps the residents of poor Southern communities assume civic responsibility and improve their lives.

Daniel A. Anderson

For his skillful and moving portraits of local children growing up in decaying residential motels.

The Jury

Toren A. Beasley(chair )

director of photography

Vincent Alabiso

vice president/executive photo editor

Jeannine Guttman

executive editor and vice president

Margaret O'Connor

photo editor

William Snyder*

photo editor

Winners in Feature Photography

Clarence Williams

For his powerful images documenting the plight of young children with parents addicted to alcohol and drugs.

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.)

Stephanie Welsh

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

Staff

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

1999 Prize Winners

Duke Ellington

Bestowed posthumously, commemorating the centennial year of his birth, in recognition of his musical genius, which evoked aesthetically the principles of democracy through the medium of jazz and thus made an indelible contribution to art and culture.

Chuck Philips and Michael A. Hiltzik

For their stories on corruption in the entertainment industry, including a charity sham sponsored by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, illegal detoxification programs for wealthy celebrities, and a resurgence of radio payola.

Staff

For its clear and detailed coverage of a shooting rampage in which a state lottery worker killed four supervisors then himself.