Sergey Ponomarev (photographer)

Sergey Ponomarev
Сергей Игоревич Пономарёв
Born
Sergey Igorevich Ponomarev

(1980-12-11) 11 December 1980 (age 43)
Moscow, Russia
NationalityRussian
EducationMoscow State University
Academy of Labour and Social Relations
OccupationPhotographer
AwardsPulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography (2016)
Robert Capa Gold Medal (2017)
Websitewww.sergeyponomarev.com

Sergey Igorevich Ponomarev (Russian: Сергей Игоревич Пономарёв, 11 December 1980) is a Russian photographer.

In 2016 he shared a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for coverage of the European migrant crisis. In 2017, he was awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal (shared with Bryan Denton) for his coverage of the war in Iraq.[1] He won World Press Photo awards in 2015, 2016 and 2017.[2]

  1. ^ "Denton and Ponomarev Win Robert Capa Gold Medal Award". PDN. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  2. ^ "Sergey Ponomarev". World Press Photo. Retrieved 8 May 2016.