Cheryl Diaz Meyer
White House News Photographers
Washington, DC, USA
Cheryl Diaz Meyer is an independent photographer based in Washington, D.C. who specializes in documenting humanitarian and social issues with a sensitive and nuanced eye. She is known for her work in the Middle East and Asia focusing on the struggles of women in both conflict and post conflict zones. Diaz Meyer won the Pulitzer Prize in 2004 with a colleague for their coverage of the Iraq Invasion while at The Dallas Morning News. She also worked as a photographer at the Star Tribune, and as the Visual Editor at McClatchy in Washington, D.C.
2004 - Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography
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Afghanistan War
Cheryl Diaz Meyer
At the front lines near Boreda village, Northern Alliance fighter Mohibullah Madi watches as Taliban soldiers surrender before an attack on Khanabad and Konduz, the last Taliban-controlled towns in northern Afghanistan.
