Recently I wrote about the Strib's Pulitzer-winning photo of a cop standing over a dead child and his red wagon in 1959 Minneapolis.
I couldn't find an image of it, but I found this one, a 1955 Pulitzer winner, again taken shortly after a child's death. How horrible, how sad.
It seems that the Pulitzer photos of today are more about world events and giant happenings, whereas back then they were small, individual, personal snapshots.
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That was so sad. My husband and I have had this disagreement. I tend to think the personal images are more powerful, while he prefers the more global images.
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