Max Desfor, 104, War Photographer at Midcentury, Is Dead
- 6 years ago
Max Desfor, 104, War Photographer at Midcentury, Is Dead
21, 2018
Max Desfor, an Associated Press photographer whose image of hundreds of Korean War refugees crawling across
a damaged bridge in 1950 helped win him a Pulitzer Prize, died on Monday at his home in Silver Spring, Md.
Mr. Desfor’s photo of hundreds of Korean War refugees crawling across a damaged bridge in 1950 helped win him a Pulitzer Prize.
It was just that cold." The Pulitzer jury in 1951 determined
that Mr. Desfor’s photos from Korea had "all the qualities which make for distinguished news photography — imagination, disregard for personal safety, perception of human interest and the ability to make the camera tell the whole story." The Pulitzer board honored his overall coverage of the war, based on a portfolio of more than 50 photos, and cited the Taedong River bridge shot in particular.
Mr. Desfor volunteered to cover the Korean War for the news service when the North invaded the South in June 1950.
During the Korean War, Mr. Desfor was walking near a field when he spotted two hands, blue from cold, sticking up in the snow.
He was in a Jeep near the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, when he spotted a bridge along the Taedong River that had been bombed.
21, 2018
Max Desfor, an Associated Press photographer whose image of hundreds of Korean War refugees crawling across
a damaged bridge in 1950 helped win him a Pulitzer Prize, died on Monday at his home in Silver Spring, Md.
Mr. Desfor’s photo of hundreds of Korean War refugees crawling across a damaged bridge in 1950 helped win him a Pulitzer Prize.
It was just that cold." The Pulitzer jury in 1951 determined
that Mr. Desfor’s photos from Korea had "all the qualities which make for distinguished news photography — imagination, disregard for personal safety, perception of human interest and the ability to make the camera tell the whole story." The Pulitzer board honored his overall coverage of the war, based on a portfolio of more than 50 photos, and cited the Taedong River bridge shot in particular.
Mr. Desfor volunteered to cover the Korean War for the news service when the North invaded the South in June 1950.
During the Korean War, Mr. Desfor was walking near a field when he spotted two hands, blue from cold, sticking up in the snow.
He was in a Jeep near the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, when he spotted a bridge along the Taedong River that had been bombed.