Paula Bronstein
Paula Bronstein
Paula Bronstein is one of the world’s leading female photojournalists with a career that spans over three decades. She uses her vision to document humanity, bringing awareness to issues throughout the world focusing in many conflict regions. She is the author of the internationally acclaimed book Afghanistan: Between Hope and Fear. Bronstein has worked as a staff photographer for a variety of American newspapers, moving overseas to the Asian region in the late 1990s. She joined Getty Images as senior staff photographer from 2002-2013 before going freelance. Her images have been published in almost every globally recognized publication and exhibited in numerous countries. Bronstein, along with Daniel Berehulak, was honored as a 2011 Pulitzer Prize finalist in Breaking News Photography for coverage of Pakistan floods.
Biography text taken from Bronstein's portfolio website.
2011 Finalist
Breaking News Photography
"For a compelling portrayal of the human will to survive as historic floods engulfed regions of Pakistan." - Pulitzer Board
Bronstein was a finalist with fellow Getty photographer Daniel Berehulak for their coverage of Pakistan floods.
Desperate flood victims scramble during a food distribution by a local Muslim organization offering rice for hungry survivors over two weeks after floods started Aug. 13, 2010, in Sukkur, Pakistan. The country's agricultural heartland was devastated as rice, corn and wheat fields flooded, creating a massive, miles-long lake. In addition, Pakistanis became more frustrated with the government's response and a lack of foreign aid. The United Nations described the disaster as unprecedented with over one third of the country under water.
A Pakistan man holds on with all his strength as flood victims get evacuated by the Pakistan Navy on a boat rescue mission Aug. 10, 2010, in Sukkur, Pakistan. Pakistan suffered from the worst flooding in 80 years as the Army and aid organizations struggled to cope with the scope of the widespread disaster, which killed at least 1,500 people and displaced millions.
Desperate flood victims, suffering in the severe heat with a lack of clean water, scramble for ice on Aug. 15, 2010, in Sukkur, Pakistan.
Behind the Scenes
Bronstein stands alongside Afghan girls in Kabul.
Bronstein was among four alumni Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists to visit RIT's campus for a series of featured events in March 2019. Here, Bronstein and, from left, David Carson, David Wallace and Edmund Fountain deliver a talk in RIT City Art Space. Photo by Matteo Bracco '20