John Moore
John Moore is a Pulitzer Prize–winning photojournalist and Special Correspondent for Getty Images whose work documents some of the most urgent human stories of our time. From immigration and conflict to climate and global inequality, his images reveal the emotional truth behind the headlines. With decades of frontline experience, Moore brings audiences inside moments that shape history—challenging us to see, feel, and reckon with the world as it is.
Getty Special Correspondent
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Eyewitness
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Pulitzer Prize-Winner
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Getty Special Correspondent • Eyewitness • Pulitzer Prize-Winner •
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John Moore is a special correspondent for Getty Images and one of the most recognized photojournalists working today. He has worked in 70 countries across six continents, spending many years posted internationally in Nicaragua, India, South Africa, Mexico, Egypt, and Pakistan.
John’s work encompasses powerful visual storytelling from some of the world’s most defining events. He has provided comprehensive coverage of the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, capturing both the brutality of combat and the resilience of civilians caught in conflict. His work has also chronicled the US Marine’s deployment to Liberia during the Ebola epidemic, providing a rare glimpse into America’s humanitarian military missions.
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In the US, John’s focus has extended to documenting programs that help veterans and their families recover from the trauma and loss of war—photographing grief camps for families of fallen soldiers, rehabilitation at the U.S. Army’s Center for the Intrepid in San Antonio, and the Vail Veterans Program in Colorado for amputees.
More recently, John has covered the war in Ukraine. He has also recently reported from Ecuador, where U.S. supported efforts to combat narco gang violence highlight the complex forces driving migration to the United States.
John’s dedication to humanizing global and domestic issues has earned him some of journalism’s highest honors, including the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for his photographs of the Iraq War, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for his balanced immigration coverage, and for the image known as “Crying Girl on the Border,” the 2019 World Press Photo of the Year.
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Eyewitness to the World
John Moore, a renowned photojournalist, has documented conflict and crisis across six continents—from US wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Ukraine to Ebola burial teams in Liberia and COVID responders in the US. He’s captured narco violence, mass migration, and veterans’ trauma with a compassionate eye, earning top honors for images that humanize the world’s most urgent struggles.
“When I photograph someone, I try to be as honest as I can, both with the situation I am documenting and towards the subjects.”
– John Moore