Felipe Dana (born August 1985) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Brazilian photojournalist for the Associated Press (AP).
Career
Dana is known for his coverage of social inequality and urban violence in Latin America and conflicts in various countries including Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Gaza, Libya, and Ukraine.
He received World Press Photo awards in 2013, 2017 and 2024. Dana was also part of AP teams finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021. In 2023, Dana won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for the coverage of Russian invasion of Ukraine, as part of the AP team.
His drone video footage of the Battle of Mosul in Iraq open the action film Mosul on Netflix.
Awards 2011: Atlanta Photojournalism Awards 2012: Atlanta Photojournalism Awards 2013: Pictures of the Year International (POYi) – Pictures of the Year Latam, 3 awards 2013: World Press Photo award 2015: National Press Photographers Association 2016: National Press Photographers Association, 2 awards 2016: Pictures of the Year International (POYi) 2016: SPJ Sigma Delta Chi Award 2016: APME Associated Press Media Editors 2016: Oliver S. Gramling Journalism Awards – AP 2016: Atlanta Photojournalism Awards 2017: APME Associated Press Media Editors 2017: Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography 2017: World Press Photo award 2017: National Press Photographers Association, 3 awards 2017: Atlanta Photojournalism Awards 2018: Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting 2018: Overseas Press Club of America (OPC) 2018: Shorty Awards, Nominated 2018: National Headliner Awards, 2 awards 2018: APME Associated Press Media Editors 2018: Pictures of the Year International (POYi) 2019: Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography 2019: Pictures of the Year International (POYi) 2019: The Guardian: Agency Photographer of the Year 2019: Pictures of the Year International (POYi) – Pictures of the Year Latam, 3 awards 2020: Atlanta Photojournalism Awards, 2 awards 2020: National Press Photographers Association 2021: Pictures of the Year International (POYi) – Pictures of the Year Latam 2021: Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography 2023: Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography (shared with Bernat Armangue, Evgeniy Maloletka, Emilio Morenatti, Nariman El-Mofty, Rodrigo Abd, and Vadim Ghirda) 2023: Overseas Press Club of America (OPC), The Kim Wall Awardhttps://opcofamerica.org/Awardarchive/the-kim-wall-award-2023/ 2024: Webby Awards - People's Voice Winnerhttps://winners.webbyawards.com/2024/websites-and-mobile-sites/features-design/best-individual-editorial-feature-media-company/280757/adrift 2024: World Press Photo award - Africa, Open Formathttps://www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/photocontest/2024
References
External links
Associated Press: Mosul endgame in Images National Geographic – Among the ruins of Mosul National Geographic – Why Zika Is This Year's Scary Virus TIME – An Unexpected Encounter in Mosul's Ruins New York Times – Civilians Escape ISIS