Katrina Media Fellowships
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Clarence Williams
2006 Photographer To produce a photographic essay chronicling New Orleans from flood to aftermath to rebuilding, with special emphasis on the impact rebuilding efforts will have on the racial makeup of the city. Williams is a freelance photographer who was visiting relatives in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit. As a result of his experience, he has moved from Los Angeles to New Orleans to document the continuing issues of racism, poverty, and government neglect that were brought to light by Katrina. His first-person account of Katrina, based on a journal that he kept during that time, was featured in the Miami Herald along with his photographs and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Williams was a staff photographer at the Los Angeles Times from 1995 to 2003, and he has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography (1997), Robert F. Kennedy Photojournalism Award (1997), National Association of Black Journalists’ Journalist of the Year (1997), and first place for issue reporting by the Picture of the Year Contest (1996). Kenner, Louisiana | |
