Moments: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographs

About this book

These poignant often heart-wrenching photographs taken by the worlds best photojournalists tell dramatic and memorable stories and form a visual chronicle of our time. Taken from World War II to the present each photo attests to the strength of the human spirit and the triumphs and tragedies of our age. Here are the moments during which history five Marines raising the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima Babe Ruth offering a final salute at Yankee Stadium the fallen students at Kent State the demonstration at Chinas Tiananmen Square a lone woman defying security officers during the evacuation of the West Bank. Filled with emotion and passion each photograph transports us to a single moment. The breathtaking collection demonstrates the power of photography to compel provoke inspire and above all preserve.