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{{short description|American photojournalist}}
'''Clarence J. Williams''' (January 22, 1967) is an American [[photojournalist]] who worked for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' from 1996 to 2003. He won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography|Pulitzer Prize]] in 1998 for feature photography.
==Biography==
Born in 1967 in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]],<ref name="Fischer">{{cite book |last1=Fischer |first1=Heinz Dietrich |last2=Fischer |first2=Erika J. |title=Complete Biographical Encyclopedia of Pulitzer Prize Winners, 1917-2000: Journalists, Writers and Composers on Their Ways to the Coveted Awards |date=2002 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=9783598301865 |page=264 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2o4Ywn4LJwC&q=%22National+Headliner+Award%22+%22Clarence+J+Williams%22&pg=PA264 |accessdate=2 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="Peterson">{{cite news |last1=Peterson |first1=Deborah |title=Diverse Visions |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/142663416/?terms=%22Clarence%2BWilliams%22%2Bphotographer |accessdate=1 February 2019 |work=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] |date=2 August 1994 |location=St. Louis, Missouri |pages=1D, 5D}}</ref> Williams received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from [[Temple University]]<ref name="Peterson"/> in 1992.<ref name="Fischer"/><ref name="Pulitzer"/>
He began his career working as a photographic intern for the ''[[Philadelphia Tribune]]'' in 1992,<ref name="Fischer"/> and also interned with the ''[[York Daily Record]]'',<ref name="Fischer"/> and with the ''Los Angeles Times'' in 1994.<ref name="Peterson"/> He then worked as a staff photographer at the ''Reston Times Community Newspapers'',<ref name="Fischer"/> before being hired as a staff photographer for the ''Los Angeles Times'' in 1996.<ref name="Pulitzer">{{cite web |title=Prize Winners : The 1998 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Photography - Clarence Williams of ''Los Angeles Times'' |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/clarence-williams |website=The Pulitzer Prizes |accessdate=1 February 2019}}</ref>
==Pulitzer Prize==
In 1998, Williams won the Pulitzer Prize for his "powerful images documenting the plight of young children with parents addicted to alcohol and drugs".<ref name="Pulitzer"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Pulitzers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/195356964/?terms=%22Clarence%2BWilliams%22%2Bphotographer |accessdate=2 February 2019 |work=Star Tribune |date=15 April 1998 |location=Minneapolis, Minnesota |page=A9}}</ref> Controversy arose "over the idea of the non-intrusiveness of a journalist or a photographer capturing a story and the need to intervene in the lives of children at risk". Children who were photographed in Williams' series, were taken into protective services after publication of his photos.<ref name="BrennanClarage">{{cite book |last1=Brennan |first1=Elizabeth A. |last2=Clarage |first2=Elizabeth C. |title=Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners |date=1999 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=9781573561112 |page=214 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=63nvmt4HqTEC&q=clarence+williams+pulitzer&pg=PA214 |accessdate=1 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/visuals/photography/la-photo-1998-pulitzer-feature-photography-addiction-photogallery.html|title=1998 Pulitzer - Feature Photography|website=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=17 February 2019}}</ref>
==Awards==
Williams won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Headliner Award,<ref name="Fischer"/> National Press Photographers Association Award,<ref name="Fischer"/> [[Pictures of the Year]] Contest (First Place, Newspaper Issue Reporting, 1997),<ref name="Tampa">{{cite news |title=Moments of Truth |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/340661409/?terms=%22Clarence%2BJ%2BWilliams%2BIII%22 |accessdate=2 February 2019 |work=The Tampa Tribune |date=18 July 1997 |location=Tampa, Florida |page=1, Baylife}}</ref><ref name="Kreisel">{{cite book |last1=Kreisel |first1=Martha |title=Photography Books Index III: A Subject Guide to Photo Anthologies |date=2006 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9780810856936 |page=353 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_u-rUccpfHkC&q=%22Clarence+J+Williams+III%22&pg=PA353 |accessdate=2 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Complete List of Winners of the 54th Annual Pictures of the Year |url=https://www.poy.org/55/54winners.html |website=Pictures of the Year |accessdate=2 February 2019}}</ref> the National Press Photographers Association National Monthly Clip Contest,<ref name="Pulitzer"/> and the [[National_Association_of_Black_Journalists#Journalist_of_the_Year|National Association of Black Journalists Journalist of the Year]] award (1998).<ref name="NABJ">{{cite web |title=Past Special Honors Recipients |url=https://www.nabj.org/page/pastspecial |website=National Association of Black Journalists |accessdate=2 February 2019}}</ref>
==Professional organizations==
Williams is a member of the [[National Association of Black Journalists]] and the [[National Press Photographers Association]].<ref name="Pulitzer"/>
==References==
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