Alan Diaz

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Photographer
Associated Press
On April 22, 2000, Mr. Diaz took an unforgettable photograph of armed federal agents seizing 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez from his relatives’ Miami home. Mr. Diaz’s striking image earned him the $7,500 Pulitzer Prize for best spot news photograph of the year. Mr. Diaz joined the AP’s Miami bureau as a freelance photographer in 1994, and in June 2000 he was hired as a full-time AP photographer.
Alan Diaz