Photograph of a protester at the U.S. Capitol taken by Spencer Platt, one of the photos taken by him and four Getty Images colleagues recently awarded a Pulitzer Prize. / Photo by Spencer Platt, Getty Images

WESTPORT — Spencer Platt, Westport native and winner of this year’s Pulitzer Prize in “breaking-news” photography for coverage of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, will appear May 25 at the Westport Library.

Spencer Platt will appear at a May 25 program at the Westport Library. / Contributed photo

Platt, a 1989 graduate of Staples High School, will talk about covering that event and his career as a staff photographer for Getty Images, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, in the library’s Trefz Forum.

The free program will take place both in person and live-streamed online. To register for an in-person ticket, click here; to sign up to watch online, click here.

Platt, whose career has seen him photograph events around the world, shared this year’s Pulitzer breaking-news photography award with four Getty colleagues for their coverage of protesters storming the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, in an attempt to block congressional validation of Electoral College results of the 2020 presidential election.

A gallery of the Getty photographers’ prize-winning images  can be viewed here.

After Staples, Platt attended Clark University and has been a staff news photographer for Getty Images for more than 20 years. He is based in New York City.

In 2006, he won the World Press “Photo of the Year” for an image taken of sectarian fighting in Lebanon. In 2021, he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for team coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic.

For more information, call the Westport Library at 203-291-4800.

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