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The 1996 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Photography
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, Three thousand dollars ($3,000).

Stephanie Welsh

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

Stephanie Welsh accepts the 1996 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography from George Rupp, Columbia University President.

Winning Work

Biography

Stephanie Welsh, 22, is a free-lance photographer. She is a graduate of Syracuse University.

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Feature Photography in 1996:

David C. Turnley

For his series of portraits from Bosnia.

Stan Grossfeld

For his photographs documenting how the lives of two teenagers were transformed by the birth of their child.

The Jury

Marty Claus(chair )

vice president/news

Frank Denton

editor

Carol Guzy*

staff photographer

Tim J. McGuire

editor/general manager, reader customer unit

Wickliffe R. Powell

editor

Winners in Feature Photography

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.
1992

John Kaplan

For his photographs depicting the diverse lifestyles of seven 21-year-olds across the United States.
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1996 Prize Winners

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