Pulitzer Prize Winner
Dickinson College
Dickinson College
College Photographer
College Photographer at Dickinson since 2021.
Associated Press
AP
Associated Press AP
9/11 Aftermath
On September 11, 2001, I was working as a staff photographer in the Philadelphia bureau of the Associated Press. Early that morning, reports came in that a plane had crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. At first, no one understood exactly what was happening, let alone the magnitude of the unfolding events. We didn’t even know for certain whether it was a tragic accident or the beginning of a terrorist attack.
I was sent to the area to help cover the developing story. At sunrise, I made my way to the Hudson River waterfront in Jersey City and Bayonne, New Jersey. Looking across the river toward New York City, I saw a skyline marked by wreckage, drifting debris, and thick smoke. Yet amid the chaos, one image stood out: the Statue of Liberty rising in the harbor, her torch held high.
Technical Specs: Nikon D1 Digital Camera Body (DSLR) with Nikkor 500mm f4.0 AI-S Lens.
Netflix Turning Point:
9/11 and the War on Terror
The Presidency in Peril
In 1998, I was part of the Associated Press photo team covering U.S. President Bill Clinton’s affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. The Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, which was popularly known as “Monicagate”, evolved rapidly and captured the nation’s attention, creating an intense demand for photographs of all the key figures involved.
Over the course of that year, images of Monica were often taken from several blocks away as she entered a federal courthouse, through the tinted window of a speeding limousine, or amid chaotic media scrums. Access was a constant challenge. Lewinsky and her team of attorneys were highly elusive, making it difficult for the press to obtain clear photographs. When a usable image of her was made, it usually meant that a photographer had spent hours—sometimes days—waiting for the opportunity. This was long before cell phone cameras, when every shot required planning, patience, and a bit of luck.
On April 6, 1998, Monica appeared in Philadelphia at the historic landmark Wanamaker Building with her attorney, William Ginsburg. As she suddenly emerged from the building’s front entrance and frantically dashed toward a waiting car, I had a split-second opportunity to forever capture her on film—an unguarded moment, photographed from just a few feet away.
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"Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs"
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"Moments: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographs"
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Pulitzer Prize Photo Exhibit, Newseum, Washington, D.C.
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Technical Specs: Nikon F5 Film Body with Nikon 80-200mm 2.8D ED AF Lens
Amazon Prime Video
The Clinton Affair
About
Dan Loh
About Dan Loh
Dan Loh is an American photojournalist, educator, and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer whose career has encompassed news photography, documentary work, higher education, and institutional storytelling.
As a staff photographer for the Associated Press, Loh was awarded the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography. Among the images from that coverage was a widely published photograph of Monica Lewinsky and her attorney, William Ginsburg, during the political scandal involving U.S. President Bill Clinton. The image was subsequently featured in Moments: The Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographs and Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs, and later appeared in the documentary series The Clinton Affair.
In 2001, Loh contributed to the Associated Press's coverage of the September 11 terrorist attacks. One of his photographs, showing the smoke-shrouded skyline of Lower Manhattan in the aftermath of the World Trade Center's destruction, was later included in the documentary series Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror.
After leaving the Associated Press, Loh spent nearly two decades as a freelance photographer in New York City while teaching photography at the collegiate level. His work during this period reflected an enduring commitment to documentary practice, visual storytelling, and the education of emerging photographers.
Since 2021, Loh has served as College Photographer at Dickinson College, where he documents campus life and institutional initiatives through a blend of journalistic observation and creative visual communication.
Born in New York and raised in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Loh earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Rochester Institute of Technology and a Master of Fine Arts from New Jersey City University. Throughout his career, he has chronicled moments of national significance while maintaining a focus on the human narratives that give history its lasting resonance.
