Title

Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs

Introduction

In this activity you will visit the virtual exhibit, Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs, created by the Newseum: the Interactive Museum of News. This exhibit showcases the work of several Pulitzer Prize-winning photographers and provides audio commentary about each photo by its photographer and brief biographical information about each photographer. You will answer one question per photo.

Destination

Newseum: The Interactive Museum of News
http://www.newseum.org/pulitzer/

Directions

• Click on the link above.
• In order to complete this activity, view the slide show by clicking on "Broadband" toward the top left of the page. The slide show may take a minute to load.
• Look at each photograph and listen to the audio commentary by the photographer. The commentary should play automatically.
• Click on the arrows to advance or reverse the show. Click on the button between the arrows to pause the audio commentary.
• Answer the questions as you follow the slide show.

Note: If you cannot use this version, see your instructor.

Questions

Slide 1:
Joe Rosenthal
Old Glory Goes Up on Mount Suribachi
1945
The Associated Press

1.	Who does Rosenthal say he stands for? What do you think he means by this? Hint Slide 2: Max Desfor Korean War 1950 The Associated Press
2.	What's happening in this picture? Hint Slide 3: Paul Vathis Two Men With a Problem 1961 The Associated Press
3.	What does the "lid is on" or "lid's on" mean? Hint Slide 4: Jack Thornell James Meredith Shot 1966 The Associated Press
4.	What did the camera catch that Thornell himself did not see? Hint Slide 5: Eddie Adams Viet Cong Execution 1968 The Associated Press
5.	What does Adams mean when he says two people died in this photo? Hint Slide 6: Brian Lanker Moment of Life 1972 Topeka Capital-Journal
6.	According to Lanker, what is the strength of a still photograph? Hint Slide 7: Slava Veder Burst of Joy 1973 The Associated Press
7.	What is the significance of the Colonel Sterm's position in the photograph? Hint Slide 8: Thomas Kelly Tragedy on Sanatoga Rd. 1978 The ( Pottstown ) Mercury
8.	What does Kelly mean when he says that people can be eyewitnesses to the same thing but not see the same thing? Hint Slide 9: Ron Edmonds Assassination Attempt 1981 The Associated Press
9.	Was Edmonds in danger while shooting this picture? Hint Slide 10: Bill Foley Angry Scene at Sabra 1982 The Associated Press
10.	What is the significance of the helmets in this photo? Hint Slide 11: Carol Guzy Volcanic Mudslide in Colombia 1985 The Miami Herald
11.	What is the power of the still photo according to Guzy? Is her view similar to the notions expressed by Brian Lanker in his audio commentary for slide 6? Hint Slide 12: Michael Macor Deadly Quake 1989 The Oakland Tribune
12.	What does Macor say was left after the rubble captured in this photograph was removed? Hint Slide 13: Alexander Zemlianichenko Russian Coup 1991 The Associated Press
13.	What objective did Zemlianichenko want to achieve with this photo? Hint Slide 14: Alexander Zemlianichenko Yeltsin Rocks in Rostov 1996 The Associated Press
14.	According to Zemlianichenko, what does this photograph say about former Russian President Boris Yeltsin? Hint Slide 15: Khali Senosi Nairobi Embassy Bombings 1998 The Associated Press
15.	According to Senosi, how much time elapsed between the explosion and this photograph? Hint Slide 16: Clarence Williams Orphans of Addiction 1997 Los Angeles Times
16.	What was the outcome of running this photograph in the Los Angeles Times, according to Clarence Williams? Hint Slide 17: Susan Walsh Clinton Impeachment 1998 The Associated Press
17.	What is a "cut position?" Why did Walsh use the cut position? Hint Slide 18: Carol Guzy Kosovo 1999 The Washington Post
18.	What is the significance of the juxtaposition of the baby and the barbed wire?
19.	Choose three of the photographs from the slide show. Why do you think these photographs won a Pulitzer Prize?