Alexander Zemlianichenko

Alexander Vadimovich Zemlianichenko (Russian: Александр Вадимович Земляниченко; born 7 May 1950, in Saratov) is a prominent Russian photojournalist, two times Pulitzer Prize winner.

Alexander Zemlianichenko
Zemlianichenko in the Associated Press Bureau in Moscow, 2007. Photo by Mikhail Evstafiev
Born (1950-05-07) 7 May 1950
Saratov, Russian SFSR
CitizenshipRussia
Alma materSaratov State Technical University
OccupationPhotojournalist
AwardsPulitzer Prize (1992, 1997)

Biography

Alexander was born on 7 May 1950, in Russian Saratov to a professional photojournalist. He became interested in photography during the school years, being a student he started working at "Zarya Molodyozhi" («Заря молодежи»). In 1974 Alexander graduated from the Saratov State Technical University with a degree in engineering. In the 1980s, he moved to Moscow and started working for the Rovesnik, later contributed to many other publications.[1][2]

Since 1990 he has been working for the Associated Press. He has traveled extensively, covering news stories throughout the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States, during the First and the Second Chechen War.[2][3]

He was one of five AP photographers who won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for photos of the Soviet coup attempt of 1991. He also was a finalist in the 1995 Pulitzer competition for his photographs of the war in Chechnya, Russia. Zemlianichenko received his second Pulitzer Prize in 1997 for a photo of Russian President Boris Yeltsin dancing at a rock concert.[4] The same photo won a World Press Photo award in 1996 (3rd prize).[5][1]

In 1998 he was made the chief photographer of the Moscow Associated Press. He was later invited to be a jury member at World Press Photo. Member of the Kremlin pool.[6] In 2018 he received the "Honored Journalist of the Russian Federation" award.[7]

References
  1. Brennan & Clarage 1999, p. 213-214.
  2. "Подбор и расстановка кадров" [Picking and Composing] (in Russian). Rossiyskaya Gazeta. 17 September 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  3. "«Войну снимать непросто…»" [It’s Hard to Take Photographs of War] (in Russian). Novaya Gazeta. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  4. Pulitzer Prize 1997 (Feature Photography)
  5. Alexander Zemlianichenko | World Press Photo
  6. "В Москве прошла презентация фотоальбома, посвящённого Владимиру Путину" [Putin Photo Album Presentation in Moscow] (in Russian). Channel One Russia. 14 May 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  7. "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 27.12.2018 № 756 "О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации"" [Order of the President of the Russian Federation of 27.12.2018 № 756 ‘On State Awards’] (in Russian). Retrieved 21 January 2020.

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