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 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.)
Columbia University President, George Rupp (left), presents Alexander Zemlianichenko with the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography.
Winning Work
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Russian President Boris Yeltsin dancing at a rock concert.
Biography
Alexander (Sasha) Zemlianichenko was, born May 7, 1950, in Saratov, Russia. He has been a photo-journalist with the Associated Press in Moscow since 1990.
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Feature Photography in 1997:
Jeffrey L. Brown
For his series of photographs chronicling an illegal immigrant's clandestine journey from Mexico to the United States.
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
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
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.
Kevin Carter, a free-lance photographer
For a picture first published in The New York Times of a starving Sudanese girl who collapsed on her way to a feeding center while a vulture waited nearby.
Staff
For its portfolio of images drawn from the 1992 presidential campaign.
1997 Prize Winners
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.
Eileen McNamara
For her many-sided columns on Massachusetts people and issues.
Tim Page
For his lucid and illuminating music criticism.