The National Constitution Center's new exhibition includes many of the world's most celebrated journalistic photographs. WRTI's Jim Cotter reports.
The Pulitzer Prizes were originally established by a bequest from newspaper baron Joseph Pulitzer, a century ago, to recognize exceptional contributions to journalism and literature. Prizes for music and photography were added in the early 1940s.
The Constitution Center's Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs is a moving exposition of prize-winning images from the past 70 years.
Tom Gralish, a staff photographer for The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News won a Pulitzer for photography in 1986 for his series for the Inquirer Magazine featuring homeless people on the city's streets. The photos in the National Constitution Center exhibition, he says, are iconic, historical images and beautifully crafted works of journalism.