Michael Williamson (photographer)
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Michael Williamson (born 1957) is an American
photojournalist. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes
.
Of the books he has made with writer
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1990[1] and Journey to Nowhere: The Saga of the New Underclass was credited by singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen as an inspiration for two songs from his album The Ghost of Tom Joad, "Youngstown" and "The New Timer".[2][3]
In 1993, Williamson became a staff photographer for The Washington Post. Photos he took on assignment in Kosovo, along with the work of Post colleagues Carol Guzy and Lucian Perkins, led to Williamson's share of another Pulitzer in 2000.[citation needed][4]
Orphaned at an early age, Williamson grew up in a series of foster homes, a circumstance to which he attributes his interest in the poor and the downtrodden.[5]
Books with Dale Maharidge
- And Their Children After Them (1989)
- Journey to Nowhere: The Saga of the New Underclass
- Re-released. 1995. With a foreword by Bruce Springsteen.
- The Last Great American Hobo (1993)
- Homeland
- Denison, Iowa
References
- ^ "Pulitzer Prize Winners: General Non-Fiction" (web). pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- ISBN 978-0-275-98938-5.
- ISBN 978-0-306-80921-7.
- ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes". Pulitzer.org. 2000. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
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