'A photograph can be a powerful witness and an eloquent voice for those who have none. Pictures inform, educate, enlighten, captivate, spur governments into action. They are historical documents and poignant reminders of our human frailties. Sometimes they touch our very souls.' Carol Guzy
 
 

     Born in Bethleham, Pennsylvania on March 7, 1956, Carol Guzy did not start out wanting to be a Photojournalist.  Guzy
attended the North Hampton County Community College and obtained a nursing degree.  After graduating, the talented photographer decided nursing was not the career path that she had wanted to take.  Next Guzy attended the Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale after picking up a 35 mm camera, developing a print and falling in love.  Through the Art Institute she earned an internship with the Miami Herald.  Guzy worked for the newspaper from 1980 through 1988 at which time she became a member of the Washington Post team.  Guzy continues her career at the Washington Post today.
    Carol Guzy is a much celebrated photojournalist and for good reason.   She has received three, count them three, Pulitzer Prizes for her work.  The first was awarded when Guzy was at the Miami Harold.  Along with Michel duCille, Guzy, 1986, was given an award for spot news for coverage of the aftermath of mudslides in Amero, Columbia.  Her second Pulitzer was award 1995 for spot news covering the U.S. military intervention in Haiti.  The third was awarded to Guzy and two other Washington Post Photographers, Michael Williamson and Lucian Perkins, for their work in Kosovo.
    In addition to her Pulitzer collection, Guzy, has earned eight White House Press Photographers Association's Photographer of the Year.  She has received three awards from the National Press Photographers Association for Photographer of the Year.  And she was awarded the Leica Medal of Excellence, the Overseas Press Club Citation of Excellence and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award.

    "Photographers spend a lot of time looking for the right light. But the most important light we glimpse and attempt to capture is the radiance within every being." Carol Guzy