About Alan Diaz
Lived 1947 – 2018 (aged 71). Alan Diaz was an American photographer, teacher, photojournalist, journalist and english teacher.
Alan Diaz (May 15, 1947 – July 3, 2018) was an American photographer who won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for his photograph of the United States Border Patrol's BORTAC team's seizure of Elian Gonzalez.
Diaz was born and raised in New York City and moved to Cuba with his family in 1964. In Cuba, Diaz became a teacher and studied photography with Cuban photographer Korda (Alberto Diaz Gutierrez). He moved to Miami in 1978 and became a photographer and English teacher. He joined the Associated Press as a freelance photographer in 1994 and became a staff photographer in 2000.
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Who was Alan Diaz?
American photographer and photojournalist (1947–2018)
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Alan Diaz was born on 15 May 1947 in New York.
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Alan Diaz died on 3 July 2018.
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Alan Diaz was a photographer, teacher, photojournalist, journalist and english teacher.
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Alan Diaz was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Alan Diaz. https://biography.guide/alan-diaz/
MLA: "Alan Diaz." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/alan-diaz/.
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