MARCUS YAM: THE BRAVE PHOTOJOURNALIST WHO WON THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE

Marcus Yam, a roving foreign correspondent & photojournalist with the Los Angeles Times (L.A

Times), has won the coveted 2022 Pulitzer Prize for his impactful work in Kabul, Afghanistan. Yam left a career in aerospace engineering to pursue photography with a goal to “take viewers to the frontlines of conflict, struggle and intimacy,” according to his website. Over the past few years, he has racked up a number of accolades and awards including the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Journalism Award for work documenting the everyday plight of Gazans during deadly clashes in the Gaza Strip, the Scripps Howard Visual Journalism Award, Picture of The Year International’s Newspaper Photographer Of The Year Award, Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award and a National Headliner Portfolio Award. Born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,

Yam won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in breaking news photography for his photos covering the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. He has received worldwide praises for his groundbreaking and remarkable photos, but it wasn’t an easy feat for Yam. Find out more about his story.