Brian Lanker (August 31, 1947 – March 13, 2011) was an American photographer. He won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for a black-and-white photo essay on childbirth for The Topeka Capital-Journal, including the photograph "Moment of Life". Lanker died at his home in Eugene, Oregon on March 13, 2011, after a brief bout of pancreatic cancer. He was 63. His work appeared in Life and Sports Illustrated, as well as book projects, including I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America, and Track Town, USA. He was the graphics director for The Register-Guard newspaper in Eugene from 1974 to 1982. He received a Candace Award from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women in 1991. Lanker is the father of musician Dustin Lanker. Works See also Ruby Middleton Forsythe, one of Lanker's subjects in I Dream a World References External links Brian Lanker Photography (official website) 1947 births 2011 deaths Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography winners Artists from Eugene, Oregon Photographers from Oregon Journalists from Oregon Deaths from pancreatic cancer 20th-century American photographers 20th-century American male artists 20th-century American journalists American male journalists 21st-century American photographers 21st-century American male artists 21st-century American journalists