Spencer Platt (born March 16, 1970) is an American photojournalist. [1]
Since 2001, he has documented international conflicts for Getty Images [2] in the Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, Liberia, Iraq, Ukraine and many other countries. [3] At the end of the 2006 Lebanon War he photographed five young Lebanese driving through the rubble of the bombed South Beirut in a cabriolete. This image was named World Press Photo of the Year 2006. [4] [5] [6] He was co-winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography. [7]
He was born in Darien, Connecticut.
Spencer Platt (born March 16, 1970) is an American photojournalist. [1]
Since 2001, he has documented international conflicts for Getty Images [2] in the Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, Liberia, Iraq, Ukraine and many other countries. [3] At the end of the 2006 Lebanon War he photographed five young Lebanese driving through the rubble of the bombed South Beirut in a cabriolete. This image was named World Press Photo of the Year 2006. [4] [5] [6] He was co-winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography. [7]
He was born in Darien, Connecticut.