Virginia Schau

Virginia M. Schau (February 23, 1915– May 28, 1989[1]) was an American who was the first woman and second amateur to win the Pulitzer Prize for Photography, which she was awarded in 1954.[2] The award winning photograph was taken in Redding, California at the Pit River Bridge and was titled "Rescue on Pit River Bridge".[3] The photograph was taken with a Kodak Brownie camera.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Virginia M. Schau". San Francisco Chronicle. June 3, 1989. pp. C11.
  2. ↑ Heinz Dietrich Fischer (June 2011). Picture Coverage of the World: Pulitzer Prize Winning Photos. LIT Verlag Münster. pp. 30–31. ISBN 978-3-643-10844-9. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  3. ↑ Van Riper, Frank. "Pulitzer Pictures: Capturing the Moment". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  4. ↑ Dhaliwal, Ranjit. "Pictures from the past: Rescue on Pit River Bridge". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
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