'{{Short description|American photographer and journalist}} {{Infobox journalist | name = Ruth Fremson | employer = ''[[The New York Times]]'' | spouse = {{Marriage|John Scurlock|2016}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Romantic Alta – Alta Lodge Love Stories |url=https://blog.altalodge.com/2021/02/18/romantic-alta-alta-lodge-love-stories/ |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=Alta Lodge Blog |date=18 February 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref> | awards = Multiple [[Pulitzer Prize]]s (with others) }} '''Ruth Fremson''' is an American [[photojournalist]] and staff photographer for the ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 10, 2015 |title=Last night, staff photographer Ruth Fremson arrived at the Pacific Ocean. Seattle will be the next and final stop on Ruth's road trip west. |url=https://www.facebook.com/nytimes/posts/10150622841169999/ |access-date=2023-04-15 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en |via=Facebook}}</ref> == Personal life == Fremson was born on [[Long Island]], in [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2006-02-15 |title=Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer to present Global Awareness Lecture Feb. 22 |url=https://news.byu.edu/news/pulitzer-prize-winning-photographer-present-global-awareness-lecture-feb-22 |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=BYU News |language=en}}</ref> She is now married to pilot and aerial photographer [[John Scurlock (pilot)|John Scurlock]]. Together they live on [[Bainbridge Island, Washington]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Monochromatic Mountain: Photographic Flights To The Great Ranges Of Western North America |url=https://cenv.wwu.edu/speaker-series/scurlock |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=College of the Environment |publisher=[[Western Washington University]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-04-21 |title=Still Lives |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/21/us/coronavirus-photographers-diary.html |access-date=2023-04-15 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> in the metropolitan area of [[Seattle]]. She started her career out of [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], but in 1996 was transferred [[Washington, D.C.]] to cover the [[Presidency of Bill Clinton|Clinton administration]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=WHNPA Announces Judges for 2023 'Eyes of History®' Contests |url=https://whnpa.org/2023-contest-judges/ |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=White House News Photographers Association}}</ref> == Career == She previously lived in [[New York City]], where she was a photographer of the [[September 11 attacks|9/11 attacks]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Minutaglio |first1=Rose |last2=Feller |first2=Madison |date=2021-09-01 |title='I Wasn't Dressed for War:' Female Reporters on What It Was Like Covering 9/11 |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/a37399201/september-11-anniversary-journalists-reporting/ |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=[[Elle (magazine)|ELLE]] |language=en-us}}</ref> She has also travelled to [[Pakistan]], [[Afghanistan]], and [[Iraq]] to document conflicts in the region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dispatches - Ruth Fremson |url=https://digitaljournalist.org/issue0111/fremson.htm |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=[[The Digital Journalist]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ruth Fremson |url=http://www.pwponline.org/blog/tag/ruth-fremson/ |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=Professional Women Photographers Blog |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fremson |first=Ruth |author-link=Ruth Fremson |date=April 25, 2003 |title=A U.S. Special Forces officer addresses tribal and community leaders in Mosul, Iraq, on April 12. |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2003/04/25/magazine/27empire.2.ready.html |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Fremson is a graduate of the [[S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications|Newhouse School]] of [[Syracuse University]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist to Visit SUU |url=https://www.suu.edu/news/2006/02/pulitzer-prize-winning-photojournalist-to-visit-suu.html |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=SUU |language=en}}</ref> where she completed a [[Bachelor's degree]].<ref name=":0" /> She went on to join a [[Master's degree|Master's]] program at [[Ohio University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Advisory Board: POYI JUDGES |url=https://www.poy.org/65/judges.html |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=[[Pictures of the Year]]}}</ref> After graduating from Syracuse, she worked an internship for ''[[The Washington Times]]'' in the summer of 1988. From 1989, she worked as staff for the ''Times'' until she joined the ''[[Associated Press]]'' (AP) in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-03 |title=Women in Photojournalism, Ruth Fremson & MPD |url=https://newhousempd.syr.edu/blog/2015/07/03/women-photojournalism-ruth-fremson/ |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=MPD |publisher=[[Syracuse University]] |language=en-US}}</ref> While working for AP, she covered multiple international events, including the reinstatement of [[Haiti]]an president [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]], the end of the [[Bosnian War|Bosnian Civil War]], and the [[List of pastoral visits of Pope John Paul II|visit]] of [[Pope John Paul II]] to [[Cuba]] in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ruth Fremson |url=https://50forward.syr.edu/honoree/ruth-fremson/ |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=50 Forward |publisher=[[S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications|Newhouse School Syracuse University]] |language=en-US}}</ref> in She was hired by ''The New York Times'' in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ruth Fremson |url=https://eddieadamsworkshop.org/biographies/ruth-fremson/ |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=Eddie Adams Workshop |date=16 August 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2016, she appeared on the [[B&H Photo]] podcast.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Podcast: The Prize—Two Photojournalists Reflect on Winning a Pulitzer |url=https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/podcast-prize%E2%80%94two-photojournalists-reflect-winning-pulitzer |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=[[B&H Photo]] |language=en}}</ref> == Awards == * 1999 [[Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography|Pulitzer Prize]]{{Snd}}[[Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography|Feature Photography]] (with the ''Associated Press'')<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1999 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Photography: Photo Staff of Associated Press |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/photo-staff-0 |website=[[The Pulitzer Prizes]]}}</ref> * 2002 [[Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography|Pulitzer Prize]]{{Snd}}[[Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography|Feature Photography]] (with ''The New York Times'')<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2002 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Photography: Staff of The New York Times |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/staff-54 |website=[[The Pulitzer Prizes]]}}</ref> * 2002 [[Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography|Pulitzer Prize]]{{Snd}}[[Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography|Breaking News Photography]] (with ''The'' ''New York Times'')<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2002 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Breaking News Photography: Staff of The New York Times |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/staff-51 |website=[[The Pulitzer Prizes]]}}</ref> == References == <references /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Fremson, Ruth}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:People from Long Island]] [[Category:People from New York City]] [[Category:People from Bainbridge Island, Washington]] [[Category:American women photojournalists]] [[Category:21st-century American women photographers]] [[Category:21st-century American photographers]] [[Category:American photojournalists]] [[Category:American war photographers]] [[Category:Associated Press photographers]] [[Category:Syracuse University alumni]] [[Category:Ohio University alumni]] [[Category:The New York Times visual journalists]] [[Category:Pulitzer Prize winners for journalism]]'