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PHOTO ACADEMY PHOTO ACADEMY

FIAP Photo Academy Online Events Service

By Paul Stanley EFIAP/p ESFIAP FIPF,
Director FIAP Photo Academy Online Events Service

Photo taken by Cathal McNaughton in India

Photo Academy Photo Academy

Photo taken by Cathal McNaughton
recenty during Ukraine visit

On Friday 23rd November 2023 the FIAP Photo Academy hosted a presentation by the
Pulitzer Prize Winning Photojournalist, Cathal McNaughton.

During his presentation Cathal explained to us how he became interested in photography and
his photographic journey from the start to where he is now, as the only Irish person to win a Pulitzer
Prize for his photography. He was awarded this prestigious prize in 2018 for his coverage of the
Rohingya refugee crisis in Myanmar and Bangladesh.
Cathal started his career working
for newspapers in Belfast, Northern
Ireland. He then moved from there
to work for Reuters and was the lead
photographer for this agency in Photo taken by Cathal McNaughton
India. He now works for EPA Images recenty during Ukraine visit
as a Managing Editor.

During this presentation we
looked at images spanning a 25
year career documenting the best
and worst of humanity. Cathal gave
all who attended an insight into the
emotional strain and sacrifices that
need to be made in order to become
Photo by Cathal McNaughton taken during his period of working in a leading photojournalist.
Belfast covering a funeral of one of the paramilitary people

Cathal has travelled extensively documenting stories of world importance, most recently in Ukraine. Photo taken by Cathal McNaughton in India
If you haven’t seen Cathal’s work before do take a look at his website:
https://www.cathal-mcnaughton.com/

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