Pulitzer-Winning Photographer Made Charlottesville Photo On His Last Day On The Job

Pulitzer-Winning Photographer Made Charlottesville Photo On His Last Day On The Job

April 17, 20184:25 PM ET

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Last summer, on August 12, photographer Ryan Kelly arrived at a far-right rally in Charlottesville, Va., to take pictures for the city's newspaper, The Daily Progress.

It was his last day on the job — and it was a memorable one. A photo he took of a car plowing through a crowd of counterprotesters became the defining image of the chaos that day.

On Monday, Kelly was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for the photo he took.

The photo shows a car careening into a massive crowd, with bodies flying through the air.

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