Sanna Irshad Mattoo

Sanna Irshad Mattoo (Urdu: ثنا ارشاد متو, born 1993) is an Indian photojournalist based in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.[1] She won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography.[2][3]

Sanna Irshad Mattoo
ثنا ارشاد متو
Born
Sanna Irshad Mattoo

Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Alma materCentral University of Kashmir
OccupationPhotojournalist
AwardsPulitzer Prize for Feature Photography

Career

Sanna Irshad Mattoo was born in the Srinagar district of the erstwhile Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir into a Kashmiri Muslim family. She studied Journalism at the Central University of Kashmir.[4] In 2021, she became a Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice Fellow.[5] She works for Reuters.[6]

In 2022, Mattoo won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography.[3] She shared the award with fellow Reuters photojournalists Adnan Abidi, Amit Dave, and Danish Siddiqui.[7] The citation for their prize indicated that it had been awarded for the work in documenting the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in India.[8]

In July 2022, Mattoo was barred from travelling out of India. She was stopped by immigration authorities at the Delhi airport.[9]

On 18 October 2022, Mattoo was again stopped from traveling to the US by immigration authorities at Delhi airport. This time she was on her way to New York to receive the Pulitzer Prize. The Indian authorities did not provide any reason for the ban.[10]

On 21 October 2022, the United States (US) has stated its commitment to press freedom by closely monitoring the case of Pulitzer Prize winner Sanna Irshad Mattoo. On Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, the case made an impression as well. The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, US Congressman Adam Schiff, expressed his "disturbing" reaction to learning that Mattoo was unable to fly to accept the Pulitzer Prize and that "efforts to harass and silence the media" must stop.[11]

References
  1. Masood, Bashaarat (3 July 2022). "Pulitzer winner Kashmiri photojournalist stopped from flying out". The Indian Express. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. "2022 Pulitzer Prizes Winners - JOURNALISM". Pulitzer Prize. New York. 2022.
  3. "Kashmiri photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo wins Pulitzer Prize". The Chenab Times. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  4. Network, KL News (10 May 2022). "Another Pulitzer, Kashmir Photo Journalist Sana Irshad Matoo Shares Pultizer with Three Others". Kashmir Life. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  5. "Kashmiri photojournalist among 11 Magnum Foundation fellows". The Kashmir Walla. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  6. Scroll Staff (10 May 2022). "Danish Siddiqui, three other Reuters photographers win Pulitzers for images of India's Covid crisis". Scroll.in. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  7. "Pulitzer Prize 2022: Award for Danish Siddiqui, 3 other Indian journalists". DNA India. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  8. "The 2022 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Photography: Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, Amit Dave and the late Danish Siddiqui of Reuters". Pulitzer Prize. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  9. "Pulitzer-winning Kashmiri photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo stopped from flying abroad". Livemint. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  10. "Sanna Irshad Mattoo: Pulitzer-winning Kashmiri journalist stopped from leaving India". BBC News. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  11. Jha, Prashant (21 October 2022). "Closely tracking Pulitzer Prize winner Sanna Irshad Mattoo's case: United States". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
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