Dieu-Nalio Chery
{{Short description|Haitian photojournalist (born 1981)}}
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Dieu-Nalio Chery (born 1981){{Cite web|title=A Conversation with Award-Winning AP Photographer Dieu Nalio Chery |url=https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/a-conversation-with-award-winning-ap-photographer-dieu-nalio-chery/|date=2021-04-06
|access-date=2023-09-27 |website=Newmark J-School |language=en}} is a Haitian photojournalist, living in Michigan, United States.{{Cite news |last=Gibson |first=D. W. |date=2022-04-11 |title=A Haitian Photojournalist Finds Safety in Manhattan |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/11/realestate/renters-haitian-photojournalist-manhattan.html |access-date=2023-09-27 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |title=Dieu Nalio Chery {{!}} World Press Photo |url=https://www.worldpressphoto.org/education/programs/6x6/north-and-central-america/dieu-nalio-chery |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=www.worldpressphoto.org}} He won the Robert Capa Gold Medal in 2019 and was a finalist of the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography in 2020.
Life and work
In 2019, he was shot by a Haitian senator who opened fire outside the country's parliament, wounding him in the face.{{Cite news |date=2019-09-23 |title=Haiti senator opens fire outside parliament, wounding two |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49804764 |access-date=2023-09-27}}{{Cite news |last=Nicoll |first=Ruaridh |date=2019-09-23 |title=Haiti: photojournalist shot in face as senator opens fire outside parliament |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/23/haiti-shooting-senator-gun-parliament-photojournalist |access-date=2023-09-27 |issn=0261-3077}} Later he left the country after becoming the target of violence by gang members.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-06-29 |title=Haitian photojournalist moves to NYC to escape threats to his life |url=https://haitiantimes.com/2021/06/29/haitian-photojournalist-moves-to-nyc-to-escape-threats-to-his-life/ |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=The Haitian Times |language=en-US}} He now lives in Michigan, United States.
Awards
- 2015: Magnum Emergency Fund Grantee, Magnum Foundation{{Cite web |date=2015-01-22 |title=Announcing Our 2015 HUMAN RIGHTS Fellows |url=https://www.magnumfoundation.org/news/2018/4/2/announcing-our-2015-human-rights-fellows |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=Magnum Foundation |language=en-US}}{{Cite magazine |date=2015-01-22 |title=Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund 2015 Grants Announced |url=https://time.com/3672263/time-exclusive-magnum-emergency-fund-announces-2015-grantees/ |access-date=2023-09-27 |magazine=Time |language=en}}
- 2019: Robert Capa Gold Medal, from the Overseas Press Club of America for "Haiti: Nation on the Brink"{{Cite web |date=2020-04-28 |title=The Robert Capa Gold Medal Award 2019 |url=https://opcofamerica.org/Awardarchive/the-robert-capa-gold-medal-award-2019/ |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=OPC |language=en-US}}
- 2020: Finalist, with Rebecca Blackwell, Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for "images from Haiti, conveying the horrors of lynching, murder and human rights abuses as the country wrestles with ongoing unrest."{{Cite web |title=Finalist: Dieu Nalio Chery and Rebecca Blackwell of Associated Press|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/%7B%7Bglobal.pageCanocialUrl%7D%7D |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=www.pulitzer.org |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|visura.co/dieunalio}}
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Category:20th-century Haitian journalists
Category:21st-century Haitian journalists
Category:21st-century photographers
Category:Haitian photojournalists
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