Best photographic reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise
AWARD DATE: 1993
AWARD NAME: The Robert Capa Gold Medal 1993
AWARD RECIPIENT: Paul Watson
AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: The Toronto Star
AWARD HONORED WORK: “Mogadishu”
Paul Watson’s daring and horrific photo of Somalis dragging the body of an American serviceman in Mogadishu forced people to rethink what was happening in Somalia. The judges agreed that he showed extreme courage and enterprise in reportedly being the only North American journalist to remain in Mogadishu during a very difficult and dangerous time.
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