Nacut in Elmira, New York, la 24 decembrie 1974, Damon Winter are un masterat in stiintele mediului la Columbia University. Laureat al World Press Photo, Picture of the Year, Society of News Design, NPPA Best of Photojournalism etc. Reportajul sau despre victimele abuzurilor sexuale din Alaska de vest, l-a adus in 2005 in finala pentru Premiul Pulitzer, castigand, totusi, in acelasi an National Journalism Award for Photojournalism.Eseul fotografic realizat pentru The New York Times si intitulat "A Vision of History", ii aduce, in 2009, Premiul Pulitzer, motivatia juriului fiind: "...for his memorable array of pictures deftly capturing multiple facets of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign"
