Craig F. Walker
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Craig F. Walker | |
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 Walker in 2012 | |
| Education | Rhode Island School of Photography |
| Occupation | Photojournalist |
| Employer | The Boston Globe |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography |
Craig F. Walker is an American photojournalist. In 2010, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography "for his intimate portrait of a teenager who joins the Army at the height of insurgent violence in Iraq, poignantly searching for meaning and manhood.[1] In 2012, Walker won again the same prize in the Feature Photography category for his photodocumentary "Welcome Home".[2] He is on the staff of The Boston Globe.
After growing up in York, Pennsylvania, United States, Walker attended the Rhode Island School of Photography, graduating in 1986.[3]
He worked for Marlboro Enterprise and The Berkshire Eagle, prior to taking a position with The Denver Post in 1998. He has covered national and international stories. In 2004, he won first place from the National Press Photographers Association for a photographic series on child camel jockeys in Kuwait.[4]