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I’m honored to receive this years’s OPC’s Olivier Rebbot award for Japan’s Nuclear Refugees and the OPC’s Feature Photography award for photos taken inside North Korea. But the biggest thrill at tonight’s black tie dinner will be watching Joao Silva stand and light the ceremonial candle to remember fallen friends. Thank you to National Geographic senior editor Susan Welchman who shares this Olivier Rebbot award. Also NGM’s Kurt Mutchler and Ken Geiger who pushed for this difficult story assignment and trusted me. A huge thank you to Noriko Hayashi who assisted me on this story, and the “dog catchers” Leo and Hiroshi Hoshi. Thank you to The Associated Press. Our CEO Tom Curley believes in the power of photojournalism and had the vision to push for an AP bureau in the otherwise isolated country. Thanks also to Kathleen Carroll, John Daniszewski, Santiago Lyon, Greg Baker, and Brian Carovillano for helping to guide and push it through. A huge thanks to the AP colleagues who work day to day on the ground in the DPRK. Jean H. Lee, Raf Wober, Ng Han Guan, Vincent Yu, and Tim Sullivan.  Here’s a link to the announcement in PDN Here’s a TIME magazine Lightbox post showing my work and the work of fellow winners Pete Muller and Andre Liohn. Bravo to friends Yuri Kozyrev, Stephanie Sinclair, Todd Heisler, and Sebastian Liste for award citations.

I’m honored to receive this years’s OPC’s Olivier Rebbot award for Japan’s Nuclear Refugees and the OPC’s Feature Photography award for photos taken inside North Korea.

But the biggest thrill at tonight’s black tie dinner will be watching Joao Silva stand and light the ceremonial candle to remember fallen friends.

Thank you to National Geographic senior editor Susan Welchman who shares this Olivier Rebbot award. Also NGM’s Kurt Mutchler and Ken Geiger who pushed for this difficult story assignment and trusted me. A huge thank you to Noriko Hayashi who assisted me on this story, and the “dog catchers” Leo and Hiroshi Hoshi.

Thank you to The Associated Press. Our CEO Tom Curley believes in the power of photojournalism and had the vision to push for an AP bureau in the otherwise isolated country. Thanks also to Kathleen Carroll, John Daniszewski, Santiago Lyon, Greg Baker, and Brian Carovillano for helping to guide and push it through. A huge thanks to the AP colleagues who work day to day on the ground in the DPRK. Jean H. Lee, Raf Wober, Ng Han Guan, Vincent Yu, and Tim Sullivan. 

Here’s a link to the announcement in PDN

Here’s a TIME magazine Lightbox post showing my work and the work of fellow winners Pete Muller and Andre Liohn.

Bravo to friends Yuri Kozyrev, Stephanie Sinclair, Todd Heisler, and Sebastian Liste for award citations.

“Finalists for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography were: David Guttenfelder, Ng Han Guan and Rafael Wober of the Associated Press for their extraordinary portrayal of daily life inside the reclusive nation of North Korea, including scenes after the death of Kim Jong Il.”

“Finalists for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography were: David Guttenfelder, Ng Han Guan and Rafael Wober of the Associated Press for their extraordinary portrayal of daily life inside the reclusive nation of North Korea, including scenes after the death of Kim Jong Il.”

Window on North Korea : Photographs from the DPRK, a joint photo exhibition by photographers from The Associated Press and the Korean Central News Agency will be up from March 15 to April 13 in Manhattan’s The 8th Floor Gallery at 17 W. 17th st.  Here’s a gallery and interesting write up by James Estrin on the NYT’s Lens blog quoting AP’s DOP Santiago Lyon who went to Pyongyang to curate the show along side KCNAs photo director. AP photographers included are Vincent Yu, Ng Han Guan, Ahn Young-Joon, Elizabeth Dalziel, Wally Santana, and me.

Window on North Korea : Photographs from the DPRK, a joint photo exhibition by photographers from The Associated Press and the Korean Central News Agency will be up from March 15 to April 13 in Manhattan’s The 8th Floor Gallery at 17 W. 17th st. 

Here’s a gallery and interesting write up by James Estrin on the NYT’s Lens blog quoting AP’s DOP Santiago Lyon who went to Pyongyang to curate the show along side KCNAs photo director.

AP photographers included are Vincent Yu, Ng Han Guan, Ahn Young-Joon, Elizabeth Dalziel, Wally Santana, and me.

This year’s POY awards are out now. I landed a few mentions: Photographer of the Year, 2nd Place Japan’s Nuclear Refugees was named a finalist for POY’s Global Vision award.  Susan Welchman, who edited the Japan’s Nuclear Refugees story for National Geographic, won 1st prize in News Story Editing for Magazines. Afghanistan’s Opium Wars story editor Sarah Leen received an Award of Excellence in the Issue Reporting Story Editing for Magazines category. I also got a 3rd place in POY’s Impact 2011 category.

This year’s POY awards are out now. I landed a few mentions:

Photographer of the Year, 2nd Place

Japan’s Nuclear Refugees was named a finalist for POY’s Global Vision award. 

Susan Welchman, who edited the Japan’s Nuclear Refugees story for National Geographic, won 1st prize in News Story Editing for Magazines.

Afghanistan’s Opium Wars story editor Sarah Leen received an Award of Excellence in the Issue Reporting Story Editing for Magazines category.

I also got a 3rd place in POY’s Impact 2011 category.

Here in Pyongyang people are marking what would have been the 70th birthday of Kim Jong Il. Feb. 16 has been declared a national holiday known as the Day of the Shining Star.  AP’s Jean H. Lee reports that “North Korea’s grief has taken on a supernatural air: Mountains glow crimson, lakes shake, a family of bears weeps by the side of a road, hundreds of shrieking magpies hover over mourning sites”.  (That’s what DPRK’s state media has said). I didn’t get to photograph any of that stuff but here ‘s a slideshow collected in the HuffPost showing some of my AP photos this week.

Here in Pyongyang people are marking what would have been the 70th birthday of Kim Jong Il. Feb. 16 has been declared a national holiday known as the Day of the Shining Star. 

AP’s Jean H. Lee reports that “North Korea’s grief has taken on a supernatural air: Mountains glow crimson, lakes shake, a family of bears weeps by the side of a road, hundreds of shrieking magpies hover over mourning sites”.  (That’s what DPRK’s state media has said).

I didn’t get to photograph any of that stuff but here ‘s a slideshow collected in the HuffPost showing some of my AP photos this week.