In 2001 he became a Magnum Photos nominee and won a World Press Photo award for his work on anti-terrorism in Algeria . During the same year , he won the Leica Medal of Excellence for his work in the Balkans . He began to travel extensively , covering news events mainly in the Middle East and Africa . In 2002 he published the book '' Kosovo 1999-2000 : The Flight of Reason '' and won the German Hansel-Mieth prize for a story in Bosnia . In 2003 he travelled to cover the US-led invasion of Iraq . In 2004 he began travelling to Darfur to cover humanitarian crisis and won the Olivier Rebbot prize by the Overseas Press Club , USA , for his coverage of Darfur . He also won a World Press Photo award for his reportage on Yasser Arafat ’s funeral . With Thomas Dworzak , Alex Majoli and Ilkka Uimonen , created '' Off Broadway , '' a traveling multi-media project . He became a Magnum Photos full member in 2005 . In the same year he covered the aftermath of the tsunami and hurricane Katrina and won two World Press Photo awards , one for his work on the funeral of Pope John Paul II , and another for the reportage on the backstage of fashion shows in New York City
tsunami
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
Paolo Pellegrin