‘I'm an anti-war photographer' – Cork-born Pulitzer Prize winner speaks of the anguish of conflict
Ivor Prickett won the top prize for his work photographing the Sudan War.
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A photographer who recently won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for his work covering one of the world's bloodiest conflicts for the New York Times has spoken this week of the 'idyllic childhood' he enjoyed coming of age in Fermoy.
Ivor Prickett's halcyon childhood in the Cork town was in stark contrast with the brutal circumstances of life for the children of Sudan he witnessed in his time there.
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