Davidson won for a series of images charting the odyssey of those cut down by street violence, many of them innocent victims. Davidson spent nearly two years in fiercely private and insular communities such as South Los Angeles, Compton and Watts.
In the beginning, Davidson didn’t take her cameras out of her car for days at a time. Eventually, she became part of the community. She was summoned regularly by parents, pastors, gang-intervention workers and shooting victims. Sometimes they just needed to talk or sit quietly with someone. Other times, they asked her to document birthday parties, funerals, visits to a cemetery.
Beautiful though tragic images. You can see the images submitted for the Pulitzer Prize here. Make sure to click on "Show Captions" to get a full understanding of the story. I've posted some of my favorites above.
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