Best photographic reporting from abroad for newspapers and wire services
Award Year: 1986
Award Name: Best Photographic Reporting from Abroad for Newspapers and Wire Services 1986
Recipient: Akira Suwa
Affiliation: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Honored Work: “Inside Khadafy’s Libya”
Suwa earned the award for “Inside Khadafy’s Libya,” in which he pictured the Libyan leader quietly in his tent; his corps of female bodyguards: Libyan children of different ages at play, uniformed and marching in formation, in college; soldiers, men and women, practicing arms.
Citations for Excellence:
Ari Mintz
Newsday
Photos from Central America
David Turnley
Detroit Free Press
Photos from South Africa