David Guttenfelder wins International Center of Photography award

Associated Press photojournalist David Guttenfelder, recipient of the International Center of Photography Infinity Award for Photojournalism.

Today the International Center of Photography awarded David Guttenfelder the winner of the photojournalism category in its 2013 Infinity Awards. Guttenfelder is the Cheif Asia Photographer for the Associated Press. He is most notable for his astonishing photos taken from inside North Korea. He was granted special access and has visited the country over 20 times since 2001. Since there is no information coming from North Korea, Guttenfelder decided to focus on the country to help tell its story. He strives to make photos that show everyday life from the country. He has also been a seven-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

"The very best pictures are the ones you can't describe in words, [you] just hold it up and...woah"

In the video Guttenfelder talks about how he got started and how he documented Afganestan for 10 years after 9/11. He discussed about how certain events, such as documenting family reunions between North and South Korea, changed him as a photographer.

"I saw mothers and sons see one another and just gasp."