Salwan Georges (born August 15, 1990) is an Iraqi-American photojournalist best known for being awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2020 as part of a staff entry from the Washington Post covering climate change around the world.
With six years away from education, no tutor and no English skills, he failed almost all freshman courses at Southfield-Lathrup High School.
In 2014 he began a long-term project that explores the Iraqi American community; this was under the auspices of a mentorship from the Anderson Ranch Arts Center.
[10] In 2020 he was a member of the Washington Post team that won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for its coverage of global warming.
The award noted a groundbreaking series showing with scientific clarity the dire effects of extreme temperatures on the planet.
He traveled to Alaska's Tongass National Park to photograph a single majestic old-growth spruce that was scheduled to be cut down.