Reuters photographer wins Pulitzer

Latif won for "his dramatic photograph of the Japanese videographer, sprawled on the pavement, fatally wounded during a street demonstration in Myanmar," the Pulitzer Prize board said. 

His exclusive photograph, taken during a demonstration in Myanmar, dominated the front pages around the world and played a role in public outrage. 

David Schlesinger, editor-in-chief, said: "I'm extremely proud that the great work of one of our best photographers got this recognition.

"Our photography is a key part of Reuters global multimedia journalism with 2,400 men and women dedicated to telling the story in the best possible way under sometimes very dangerous conditions." 

Latif was born in Pakistan and lived in Saudi Arabia before emigrating to the United States in 1980. He started working for Reuters in Houston and Los Angeles and has been based in Bangkok since 2003. 

"Adrees is one of those rare talents whose presence on an assignment puts the mind of the editor at ease knowing that the picture coverage will be not only competitive but exceptionally high quality," said Thomas Szlukovenyi, Reuters global pictures editor. "The combination of his talent, experience, hard work and his news sense makes Adrees an outstanding photo journalist and a great colleague. We are all incredibly happy for him." ■