RTF Alum John Moore to Visit Campus, Mon April 21
Event: RTF alum John Moore, who recently was named Photojournalist of the Year by the National Press Photographers Association and Magazine Photographer of the Year in the Pictures of the Year International competition, will visit campus to discuss his career as a photojournalist covering South Asia and the Middle East for Getty Images.
When: 6-8 p.m., April 21, 2008
Where: LBJ Room, CMA 5.160
Contact the RTF office (512-471-4071) with questions.
Background: Moore, an Outstanding Young Texas-Ex for 2007, won 1st prize in the 2007 National Geographic Best News Photos of the Year for his coverage of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto (photos below). He also received the Pulitzer Prize in Photography in 2005 in the Breaking News Category as part of a team of eleven AP photographers covering the Iraq War. With extensive excerpts from the film, the filmmakers talk about Iraq war veteran Tomas Young who was shot and paralyzed less than a week into his tour of duty. Three years in the making, “Body of War” tells the poignant tale of the young man’s journey from joining the service after 9/11 to fight in Afghanistan, to living with devastating wounds after being deployed to Iraq instead.
Photographs by John Moore/USA/Reportage by Getty Images
