Multi-Awarded Photog Todd Heisler Joins New York Times

2006 Pulitzer Prize winner Todd Heisler is joining the photo staff of the New York Times starting in December.
Heisler is with the Rocky Mountain News of Colorado. He won the coveted 2006 Pulitzer Prize for his “Final Saluteâ€? photo essay and shot up to fame in the past year, as the “Final Salute” project garnered international recognition.
The project, undertaken by Heisler and reporter Jim Sheeler, documented the pain of families of soldiers who died in Iraq. The story and pictures ran in a special 24-page section published on Veterans Day 2005, and won praise for shedding light on the personal toll of the war without political commentary.

The other awards won by Heisler this year are the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography, a first place World Press Photo award, the Visa d’Or Magazine at Visa pour l’Image in France, three National Press Photographers Association Best of Photojournalism awards and five Pictures of the Year International awards.
[Via: PDNonline]
[Photos courtesy of ASNE.org & Todd Heisner]

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