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).

Awarded to Stephanie Welsh, a freelancer 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.

Finalists

Also nominated as finalists in this category were: Stan Grossfeld of The Boston Globe for his photographs documenting how the lives of two teen-agers were transformed by the birth of their child, and David C. Turnley of the Detroit Free Press for his series of portraits from Bosnia (moved by the jury from the Spot News Photography category).