William Seaman
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William Casper Seaman (January 19, 1925 – December 6, 1997)[1] was an American photographer from Grand Island, Nebraska.
He won the 1959 Pulitzer Prize for Photography citing "Wheels of Death", a "dramatic photograph of the sudden death of a child in the street".[2][3] He was photographer for the Minneapolis Star from 1945 to 1982.[3]
In 1990, Pennsylvania new wave band Bang Chamber 8 used "Wheels of Death" for the cover art of their self-titled demo EP.
He died in Minneapolis of natural causes.[3]
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- ↑ Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002
- ↑ "Photography". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
- ↑ a b c "Biography for William Seaman". IMDb.
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