A Mother's Journey and Selected Photographs

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs document a single mother's emotional and financial struggles as her son battles a rare form of childhood cancer.

This collection of photographs presents photojournalist Renée C. Byer's Pulitzer Prize-winning series, "A Mother's Journey," along with other early and recent photographs. "A Mother's Journey" is an intimate portrayal of a single mother's emotional and financial struggles as her son battles neuroblastoma, a rare form of childhood cancer. This year-long documentary project was originally published in the Sacramento Bee as a four-part series and on the Web as a multimedia package. In addition to the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 2007, the series won a World Understanding Award as well the Society of Professional Journalist's Sigma Delta Chi Award for feature photography. "When done well," said Byer, "photojournalism is a powerful tool because it connects people to the reality of life and can bring understanding and awareness to important issues."

Author: Renée C. Byer,Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Distribution Partners
Published: 04/13/2010
Series: Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art
Pages: 94
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.24d
ISBN: 9780615358451