Daniel Berehulak
{{Short description|Australian photographer and photojournalist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}}
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| birth_place = Sydney, Australia
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| known_for = Pulitzer Prize winner
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| alma_mater = University of New South Wales
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Daniel Berehulak (born 1975) is an Australian photographer and photojournalist based in Mexico City. He is a staff photographer{{Cite web |title=Daniel Berehulak Joins The Times as Staff Photographer Correspondents |url=https://www.nytco.com/press/daniel-berehulak-and-kenny-holston-join-the-times-as-staff-photographer-correspondents/}} of The New York Times and has visited more than 60 countries covering contemporary issues.
In 2015, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his coverage of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his coverage of the Pakistan floods in 2010. His photography has earned five World Press Photo awards and he has twice been named Photographer of the Year by Pictures of the Year International (2014 and 2015). In 2016, he was named Photojournalist of the Year (large-circulation publications) in the National Press Photographers Association's Best of Photojournalism contest.{{cite web| url = https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/01/daniel-berehulak-named-photojournalist-of-the-year/ | title= Daniel Berehulak Named Photojournalist of the Year |work = The New York Times| date = 1 April 2016 |access-date = 9 October 2018}}
Career
Berehulak was born in Sydney, Australia, the son of Ukrainian immigrants.{{cite web |url= http://www.danielberehulak.com/about/ |title= About |publisher= danielberehulak.com/ |accessdate= 18 February 2018 }} After studying history at the University of New South Wales, initially he embarked on a business-oriented career. He turned to photography in 2000, working for an Australian sports agency, when he photographed the tests events for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.{{Cite web|last=Edmonds|first=Sam|date=2019-09-20|title=Daniel Berehulak - Australia's most awarded photojournalist - Capture magazine|url=http://www.capturemag.com.au/profiles/daniel-berehulak-australia-s-most-awarded-photojournalist|url-status=live|access-date=2020-08-11|website=www.capturemag.com.au|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021075856/http://www.capturemag.com.au:80/profiles/daniel-berehulak-australia-s-most-awarded-photojournalist |archive-date=21 October 2019 }} In 2002, he started working for Getty Images in Sydney as a sports photographer, moving to London as a staff photographer in 2005 and was later based in New Delhi. He is a regular contributor to The New York Times and has visited more than 60 countries covering events including the Iraq and Afghan wars, the trial of Saddam Hussein, child labour in India, and the return of Benazir Bhutto to Pakistan, where he interviewed her shortly before her death.[http://www.unicef.de/en/aktionen/foto-des-jahres-2009/ehrenvolle-erwaehnungen-2009-fot/ "Daniel Berehulak: UNICEF Photo of the Year 2009, Honorable Mention"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222051558/http://www.unicef.de/en/aktionen/foto-des-jahres-2009/ehrenvolle-erwaehnungen-2009-fot/ |date=22 December 2010 }}. Retrieved 14 December 2010.[http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_contact&task=view&contact_id=540&type=gallery&Itemid=187 "Daniel Berehulak: Australia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130163539/http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_contact&task=view&contact_id=540&type=gallery&Itemid=187 |date=30 November 2010 }}, World Press Photo. Retrieved 14 December 2010. He has also documented numerous social issues and people coping with the aftermath of disasters, including the Japan tsunami and the Chernobyl. He has worked as a freelance photographer since 2013.
Awards
- 2007: World Press Photo, 3rd Prize, People in the News.[http://www.archive.worldpressphoto.org/search/layout/result/indeling/detailwpp/form/wpp/start/17/q/ishoofdafbeelding/true/trefwoord/year/2007 "2007, Daniel Berehulak, 3rd prize, People in the News"], World Press Photo. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
- 2009: UNICEF Photo of the Year 2009, Honorable Mention.
- 2010: China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP), China Photojournalists Society, Gold Medal for "Kids in refugee camp in Pakistan".[http://www.chipp.cn/content/2010-03/23/content_8747.htm "Daniel Berehulak, Australia: 2010-03-23 18:01:43"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211437/http://www.chipp.cn/content/2010-03/23/content_8747.htm |date=3 March 2016 }}, China International Press Photo. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
China
- 2010: World Press Photo, 1st Prize Stories, People in the News.[http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_photogallery&task=view&id=2044&Itemid=292 "People in the News: 1st prize stories"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115122105/https://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_photogallery&task=view&id=2044&Itemid=292 |date=15 January 2020 }}, World Press Club. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- 2010: Overseas Press Club, John Faber Award.[http://opcofamerica.org/awards/john-faber-award-2010 "2010 John Faber Award"], The Overseas Press Club. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- 2011: Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography, 2011 Pulitzer Prize, for Breaking News together with Paula Bronstein for portraying the will to survive the floods in Pakistan.[http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Breaking-News-Photography. "Breaking-News-Photography"], The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- 2015: Winner, Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography, 2015 Pulitzer Prize, for coverage of the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa.[http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/20/daniel-berehulak-the-ebola-crisis-earn-photography-pulitzer/ "Scenes From the Ebola Crisis Earn Photography Pulitzer"], "The New York Times", Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- 2017: Winner, Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography, 2017 Pulitzer Prize, for coverage of the Philippine Drug War.{{cite web| url = http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2017/04/11/NYT-Pulitzer-Prize-PH-drug-war-report.html| title = NYT wins Pulitzer Prize for PH drug war report| date = 11 April 2017| access-date = 9 October 2018| publisher = CNN Philippines| archive-date = 15 January 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200115104212/https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2017/04/11/NYT-Pulitzer-Prize-PH-drug-war-report.html| url-status = dead}}
- 2017: Winner, McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage from the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.{{Cite news|url=http://grady.uga.edu/photojournalist-receives-2017-mcgill-medal-journalistic-courage/|title=Photojournalist receives 2017 McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage - Grady College|date=2017-03-28|work=Grady College|access-date=2018-04-03|language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|www.danielberehulak.com}}
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Category:Australian photojournalists
Category:Australian people of Ukrainian descent
Category:Pulitzer Prize for Photography winners