Carolyn Cole
Photographer
EXPERIENCE
Los Angeles Times, staff photographer, 1994-.
Sacramento Bee, staff photographer, 1992-94.
Freelance photographer, Mexico City, 1990-92.
San Francisco Examiner, staff photographer, 1988-90.
El Paso Herald Post, staff photographer, 1986-88.
EDUCATION
University of Texas, Austin. B.A. photojournalism, 1983.
PERSONAL
Born: April 24, 1961, Boulder, Colo.
AWARDS
George Polk Award for Photojournalism, 2004: Iraq War and Liberia's Civil Conflict.
Pictures of the Year, University of Missouri, newspaper photographer of the year, 2004.
National Press Photographers Assn., newspaper photographer of the year, 2004.
World Press Photo, second place, people in the news Iraq War; third place people in the news Civil conflict in Liberia, 2004.
Robert Capa Award, Overseas Press Club, for courage in photography for covering the siege at the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, 2003.
World Press Photo, first place, people in the news, for Church of the Nativity, 2003.
Pictures of the Year, University of Missouri, first place, magazine news story editing; second place, feature picture story, for Church of the Nativity, 2003.
National Press Photographers Assn., newspaper photographer of the year, 2002.
Associated Press, Executive News Council, Mark Twain Award for best of show, 2002.
Pictures of the Year, University of Missouri, general news picture award of excellence, for "Face of Conviction," 2000.
Pictures of the Year, University of Missouri, newspaper feature story, second place, for
"In the Shadow of War"; global news picture story, award of excellence, for "No Winners in War," 1999.
Pulitzer Prize, breaking news, for Los Angeles Times team coverage of the North Hollywood shootout, 1998.
Journalist of the Year Award, Times Mirror Corp., for work spanning many types of photojournalism, 1998.
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
"Holy Lands," Life Books, Time Inc.
"The American Spirit," Life Books, Time Inc.
"Life The Year in Pictures, 2002," Life Books, Time Inc.
Time "A Year to Remember"
Los Angeles Times, staff photographer, 1994-.
Sacramento Bee, staff photographer, 1992-94.
Freelance photographer, Mexico City, 1990-92.
San Francisco Examiner, staff photographer, 1988-90.
El Paso Herald Post, staff photographer, 1986-88.
EDUCATION
University of Texas, Austin. B.A. photojournalism, 1983.
PERSONAL
Born: April 24, 1961, Boulder, Colo.
AWARDS
George Polk Award for Photojournalism, 2004: Iraq War and Liberia's Civil Conflict.
Pictures of the Year, University of Missouri, newspaper photographer of the year, 2004.
National Press Photographers Assn., newspaper photographer of the year, 2004.
World Press Photo, second place, people in the news Iraq War; third place people in the news Civil conflict in Liberia, 2004.
Robert Capa Award, Overseas Press Club, for courage in photography for covering the siege at the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, 2003.
World Press Photo, first place, people in the news, for Church of the Nativity, 2003.
Pictures of the Year, University of Missouri, first place, magazine news story editing; second place, feature picture story, for Church of the Nativity, 2003.
National Press Photographers Assn., newspaper photographer of the year, 2002.
Associated Press, Executive News Council, Mark Twain Award for best of show, 2002.
Pictures of the Year, University of Missouri, general news picture award of excellence, for "Face of Conviction," 2000.
Pictures of the Year, University of Missouri, newspaper feature story, second place, for
"In the Shadow of War"; global news picture story, award of excellence, for "No Winners in War," 1999.
Pulitzer Prize, breaking news, for Los Angeles Times team coverage of the North Hollywood shootout, 1998.
Journalist of the Year Award, Times Mirror Corp., for work spanning many types of photojournalism, 1998.
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
"Holy Lands," Life Books, Time Inc.
"The American Spirit," Life Books, Time Inc.
"Life The Year in Pictures, 2002," Life Books, Time Inc.
Time "A Year to Remember"
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