AWARD YEAR: 1980
AWARD NAME: Best Photographic Reporting from Abroad for Newspapers or Wire Services
AWARD RECIPIENT: Gilles Peress
AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: New York Times Magazine
AWARD HONORED WORK: “A Vision of Iran”
“A Vision of Iran” is a jarring, kaleidoscopic array of images caught by photo-journalist Gilles Peress on a visit to Iran last summer. He pictured raucous rallies, youngsters smoking heroin, Savak agents in jail-and Iranians going about their lives as usual, shopping, idling in teahouses, even visiting amusement parks, seeking momentary escape from tension. Peress has been taking pictures since 1970, both for industrial clients, including’ major corporations, travel photography in the Seychelles, Guatemala and the Burgundy region, and photojournalistic reportage from Northern Ireland, Turkish immigrants in Europe, poor peasants in France. He now lives in New York.
A Citation for Excellence was awarded to Larry C. Price of The Fort Worth Star-Telegram for “Executions in Liberia.”
Judges: Sean Callahan, Arnold Drapkin, John Durniak, Barrett Gallagher, John Morris, Arthur Rothstein and Charles Rotkin.