Max Desfor

Max Desfor
Born(1913-11-08)November 8, 1913
DiedFebruary 19, 2018(2018-02-19) (aged 104)
OccupationPhotographer
Known forFlight of Refugees Across Wrecked Bridge in Korea photograph
Spouses
  • Clara Mehl
    (m. 1936; died 1994)
  • Shirley Belasco
    (m. 2012; died 2015)
Children1
AwardsPulitzer Prize
Black-and-white photo of people crossing a river via a destroyed bridge
Flight of Refugees Across Wrecked Bridge in Korea, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo by Max Desfor

Max Desfor (November 8, 1913 – February 19, 2018) was an American photographer who received the Pulitzer Prize for his Korean War photograph, Flight of Refugees Across Wrecked Bridge in Korea, depicting Pyongyang residents and refugees crawling over a destroyed bridge across the Taedong River to escape the advancing Chinese Communist troops.