Sergey Ponomarev (photographer)

For other uses, see Ponomaryov.

Sergey Igorevich Ponomarev (Russian: Сергей Игоревич Пономарёв, 11 December 1980, Moscow) is a Russian photographer. In 2016 he shared a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography with Mauricio Lima, Tyler Hicks, and Daniel Etter "For photographs that captured the resolve of refugees, the perils of their journeys and the struggle of host countries to take them in." Specifically, their coverage of the European migrant crisis, produced for The New York Times, was cited.[1] He became the second individual Pulitzer Prize winner from Russia since 1992, after Alexander Zemlianichenko (1997).

Ponomarev was born in Moscow and graduated from Moscow State University and from Academy of Labour and Social Relations. Between 2003 and 2012, Ponomarev worked for Associated Press, subsequently starting his career as freelance photographer. In 2015, he won the third prize of the World Press Photo award in the General News category for his photos of Gaza conflict. In 2016, he won the first prize in the same category for the European migrant crisis photos.[2]

He is a frequent contributor to the New York Times. In 2015, the New York Times asked Ponomaryov to go to Greece and to photograph the landings of the refugees. Subsequently, he followed the refugees on their way to Western Europe, spending in total five months on the project.[3]

Ponomarev previously covered the Moscow theater hostage crisis in Moscow in 2002, the Beslan school siege in 2004, the Euromaidan in Kiev, the War in Donbass and the Syrian civil war.[3]

According to James Nachtwey, "Sergey (Ponomarev')s visual perception operates at a very high level. He has the ability to organize what he perceives in a compelling, complex manner using the full range of photographic vocabulary with great mastery."[3]

He sees his role as whistleblower and he opposes the viewing restrictions for visual media because the restrictions diminish their impact.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Breaking News Photography". The Pulitzer Prize. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Sergey Ponomarev". World Press Photo. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Litvinova, Daria (21 April 2016). "Pulitzer Winner Warns News 'Losing to Kittens and Boobs'". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
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