AP Expands the Purview of Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographer
Wire service vet Muhammed Muheisen is now chief Mideast photographer.
Muhammed Muheisen was part of the 2005 and 2013 AP teams that won Pulitzers for Breaking News Photography coverage of Iraq and Syria. He was also honored in 2013 as Time magazine’s Best Wire Photographer.
This week, after four years as AP’s chief photographer for Pakistan, the 34-year-old Muheisen has been promoted to the position of chief Mideast photographer. He will now document and coordinate coverage for Pakistan, Afghanistan and other regions in the Middle East. From the AP announcement:
“You just want to frame Muheisen’s best work and put it on a wall,” said AP Middle East news director Ian Phillips.
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