This timeline lists recognitions of “excellence” in photojournalism. Included are current and historically coveted national and international fellowships, as well as grants, and premier awards in the field of photojournalism. It also includes the National Press Photographer Association’s (NPPA) Leadership Awards, which recognize photographers and editors who made contributions in leadership and/or education to the industry for the betterment of photojournalism. In recent years there have been a surge in grants as noted in “held since.” Premier grants of $10,000 or more and are listed.
International News and Feature, Pictures of the Year.
“It’s good exercise if you keep it up, but not for high-heeled shoes, Miss Carpenter.” Said President Harry Truman said to Marion Carpenter as he walked uphill to Washington Monument. Excerpt from WHNPA.
The Magazine Photographer of the Year, The Pictures of the Year
Still or Motion Pictures, The Overseas Press Club
The Magazine Photographer of the Year, The Pictures of the Year
First female to place, 2nd place Feature and General News, World Press Photo
Feature Picture, World Press Photo
General News, World Press Photo
NPPA Leadership, The President’s Award (1957)
NPPA Leadership, The President’s Award
The Louisville Courier-Journal & TIME team, The Pulitzer Prize Feature Photography
Robert Capa Gold Medal, The Overseas Press Club (first, held 1955)
World Press Photo of the Year
Spot News, World Press Photo
NPPA Leadership Award, The Morris Berman (since 1948) editor
Robert Capa Gold Medal, The Overseas Press Club
General News, World Press Photo
News Feature, World Press Photo
The Eugene Smith Grant (first recipient)
“I don’t like to be called a ‘female photographer’. We don’t refer to Salgado or Cartier-Bresson as ‘male photographers’. I feel that calling us ‘female photographers’ perpetuates the idea that we are ‘lesser than’, in some way. It defines us by gender rather than by the quality of our pictures. The term ‘female photographer’ is sexist.” Said Jane Evelyn Atwood in One Piece Of Advice.
The Robert F Kennedy Photojournalism Award (Since 1970)
Oskar Barnak Award, World Press Photo
Oskar Barnak Award, World Press Photo
Daily Life Story, World Press Photo
“I fell in love with photography in 1974 at the University of Minnesota. Stormi Greener was my North Star....the woman who showed that women could be great photographers. I am forever indebted to her. She created the STORM!’ Said Annie Griffith
Canon Photo Essayist Award, Pictures of the Year
The Robert F Kennedy Photojournalism Award.
“I would love to say it’s been easy being a woman in this business, but it was hard from the get-go,” says Saul. “Being a single mother for over 20 years has also defined me. The good news was my children made me a better person and a better photojournalist. And that being a mother did not destroy my career; it only forced me to tell stories closer to home.” —April Saul in PhotoJournal
NPPA Leadership, The President’s Award
NPPA Leadership, The Meller Award.
The Robert F Kennedy Photojournalism Award.
The Robert F Kennedy Photojournalism Award.
The Eugene Smith Grant
The Eugene Smith Grant
The Nieman Fellow
NPPA Leadership, The President’s Award
NPPA/Nikon Sabbatical Grant for Documentary Photography
The Pulitzer Prize Breaking News (first professional women awarded the Pulitzer)
“Carol Guzy, is a rare combination of vulnerability and incredible inner strength. Not only is Carol the best woman photojournalist of all time, but one of the best journalists period. You should see her work in the field. She’s relentless, yet is also the antithesis of a bull in a china shop.” said Yunghi Kim*
People in the News, World Press Photo
The Alicia Patterson Grant
NPPA Leadership, The President’s Award
Robert Capa Gold Medal, The Overseas Press Club.
“Watching Janet work, is like watching guts. You understand the meaning of courage.” —Yunghi Kim
Spot News, World Press Photo
“WORK ON A LONGTERM PROJECT!!! It does not have to be a war. Think of telling the story of many through the story of one. Be charming and smart. Be well-informed; know the magazine WELL before you go see an editor or send work. Be kind. Don’t talk too much about your success in this market as people are struggling. Be empathetic and generous with people. Keep your ego in your back pocket…” said Maggie Steber in PhotoJournal*
The Eugene Smith Grant
The Robert F KennedyJournalism for Photojournalism
Olivier Rebbot Award, The Overseas Press Club (held since 1980)
The Nieman Fellow
NPPA Leadership, The Berman Award for Advance Visual Journalism
The Eugene Smith Grant
NPPA Leadership, Special Citation (held since 1961)
Newspaper Photographer of the Year, The Pictures of the Year
Children’s Award, World Press Photo
Canon Photo essayist Award, The Pictures of the Year
The Robert F Kennedy Photojournalism Award
The Pulitzer Prize Breaking News (Names not listed)
NPPA Leadership, The Jim Gordon Editor of the Year Award
People in the News, World Press Photo
“This was nearly 25 years ago and Diana not only was the low person on the photo totem pole, she was female. She wasn’t an equipment geek, so she couldn’t schmooze about gear. Having just started out she didn’t have a lot of friends in the news business, and she had neither the interest nor the inclination to talk sports – that great social lubricant, especially in football-obsessed DC. She remembers spending a fair amount of that early time feeling ‘removed and irrelevant.’ Her pictures had to speak for her. They did, and ‘eventually, I came to be accepted.’” said Diana Walker in The Washington Post
Children’s Award,World Press Photo
“Unlike the violence I witnessed in 1986 on my first trip to South Africa, in 1990 there was a certain excitement in the air. Apartheid was losing its grip. ‘Whites Only’ signs had disappeared, and Nelson Mandela’s release was imminent. My challenge was to document the subtle changes that were taking place. Two weeks after blacks had been given the right to travel on buses previously reserved for whites, black and white South Africans waited for the same bus in downtown Johannesburg. Sometimes it is just the quiet photo that speaks volumes” — Joanne Rathe of her photo in 10 World Press Photo Awards,10 Backstories
Budapest Award, World Press Photo
ICP Infinity Award Publication (held since 1985)
Canon Photo essayist Award, The Pictures of the Year
“The universe shown through her photographs is that of the marginalized, the forgotten, the people we ignore in the daily life of a world that is too busy and indifferent. Jane Evelyn Atwood shows them to the world in all their distress and all their dignity, clothing them with a veil of beauty that makes them strong, unique and human.” in Redmilk Magazine. Redmilk Magazine.
Kodak Crystal Eagle Award, The Pictures of the Year
NPPA Leadership, The Berman Award for Advance Visual Journalism (editor)
Budapest Award, World Press Photo
Associated Press team, The Pulitzer Prize Breaking News
The Robert F Kennedy Photojournalism Award.
NPPA Leadership Morris Berman Advance in Visual Journalism Award
Associated Press Team, The Pulitzer Prize Feature Photography.
Newspaper Photographer of the Year, The Pictures of the Year
Budapest Award, World Press Photo
Arts and Entertainment, World Press Photo
NPPA Leadership, The Joseph Costa Award (held since 1954, editor)
NPPA Leadership, The Kenneth P. McLaughlin Award of Merit
NPPA Leadership, Special Citation (editors)
NPPA /Nikon Sabbatical Grant for Documentary Photography
The Eugene Smith Grant
The Alicia Patterson Grant
John Faber Award, The Overseas Press Club (held from 1993 to 2015)
NPPA Leadership, The Morris Berman Advance in Visual Journalism Award
Visa Pour L’image, Visa D’or - News (held since 1991)
Maria Moors Cabot Prize
The Pulitzer Prize Breaking News
Spot News Story, World Press Photo
Children's Award, World Press Photo
NPPA Leadership President’s Award (editor)
Visa Pour L’image, Visa D’or - News
NPPA Leadership, Special Citation (editor)
The Pulitzer Prize, Feature Photography
Robert Capa Gold Medal, The Overseas Press Club
“As I developed my film in the sanctuary of my hotel room, my emotions were bifurcated between relief that the powerful image was in focus, and pain at having witnessed human life treated with such utter cruelty and disdain. It is a feeling which repeated itself countless times in my career as a photojournalist and one which I have yet to reconcile.” said Corinne Dufka in 10 World Press Photo Awards,10 Backstories
Arts and Entertainment Story, World Press Photo
People in the News, World Press Photo
ICP Infinity Award Photojournalism (held since 1985)
Olivier Rebbot Award, The Overseas Press Club
John Faber Award, The Overseas Press Club
NPPA Leadership, The Morris Berman Advance in Visual Journalism Award
The John S Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanfordy
The Knight Fellowship in Visual Communications, Ohio University
Magazine Photographer of the Year, The Pictures of the Year.
“Yunghi has nerves of steel but she’s also sensitive, and that's a rare combination.” — Stan Grossfeld in AJR
Newspaper Photographer of the Year, The Pictures of the Year
Community Awareness Award, The Pictures of the Year
General News Story, The World Press Photo
“I vividly remember every step hiking through the Rwandan countryside witnessing its profound beauty. On arrival, Yolanda found her mother-in-law alive and they embraced and wept. I photographed this moment; the reunion had all of us in tears.” — Yunghi Kim of the reunion image, 10 World Press Photo Awards,10 Backstories
Spot News Story, World Press Photo
Arts and Entertainment, World Press Photo
The Robert F Kennedy Photojournalism Award
The Pulitzer Prize Spot News
ICP Infinity Awards Photojournalism
ICP Infinity Awards Young Photographer
The Alicia Patterson Grant
Alexia Foundation Grant
The Knight Fellowship in Visual Comm Ohio University
NPPA Leadership, Robin F. Garland Educators Award
Visa Pour L’image, Visa D’or - News
Visa D’or - Feature (since 1990)
NPPA Leadership, Special Citation (editor)
Newspaper Photographer of the Year, The Pictures of the Year.
*“A pro has to make a good picture when one’s not readily apparent. A pro brings back the story every time, and on time. And, for journalism, a pro is thorough, accurate and ethical.” said Nancy Andrews in * Zphotojournal
The Pulitzer Prize, Breaking News
Arts and Entertainment Story, World Press Photo
Children’s Award, World Press Photo
Daily Life Story, World Press Photo
“When we met, way back on that July day, neither of us could have ever predicted the profound journey we would find ourselves on together; a journey that bonded us and lasted eighteen years until her death in 2015.” — Susan Watts of her photo in 10 World Press Photo Awards,10 Backstories
Spot News, World Press Photo
“When I am photographing, I keep moving until I get a certain, very specific feeling that I am in the right place. Unfortunately, my colleague’s choice led to him getting shot at the same moment as the stone thrower. When I couldn’t find him, I phoned. I froze when someone else answered. I heard incorrectly, “he was shot in the heart, but he’ll be okay.” I panicked, but then I realized I had heard “heart” instead of “arm.” Fortunately, he healed quickly. It is important to trust your instincts. The tiniest event — a passing decision, a slight movement, releasing a camera shutter, or, just dumb luck — like a bullet, can have a momentous impact that ripples through time.” —Wendy Sue Lamm of her photo in 10 World Press Photo Awards,10 Backstories
World Press Photo of the Year
The Alicia Patterson Grant
“She preferred to look for the small moments that conveyed a big truth: that there was not only beauty but times when people came together to help each other despite the odds. Her images render those scenes well.” — Maggie Steber in NYT Lens Blog
The Alexia Foundation Grant
NPPA Leadership Award, The Joseph Costa Award (since 1954)
Visa Pour L’image, Visa D’or - News
Associated Press Team, The Pulitzer Prize, Feature Photography
World Press Photo of the Year
“TRIBE: People in my tribe are image-makers. We tell stories through moments; sometimes good, often not. The woman in this photo is comforted by *her* tribe on a day of unbelievable sorrow. It is the funeral for her husband and father to her six children who was shot to death on his way to check on a bakery where he had worked before the messiness of war intervened. Our tribes crossed paths that day. With simple eye contact, she gave me permission to tell her story. Izbica, Kosovo, November 11, 1998.” — Dayna Smith, of her photo in 10 World Press Photo Awards, 10 Backstories”
General News Story, World Press Photo
Portrait Stories, World Press Photo
ICP Infinity Awards Photojournalism
The Knight Fellowship in Visual Comm Ohio University
NPPA Leadership, The Jim Gordon Editor of the Year Award (editor)
NPPA Leadership, Special Citation (editor)
The Pulitzer Prize Feature Photography
The Eugene Smith Grant
Daily Life Story, World Press Photo
Nature Story, World Press Photo
Portrait, World Press Photo
The Alexia Foundation Grant
Canon Photo Essayist Award, The Pictures of the Year
Community Awareness Award, The Pictures of the Year
The Knight Fellowship, Visual Comm Ohio University (editor)
The Knight Fellowship. Visual Comm Ohio University
NPPA Leadership, Special Citation (editor)
Daily Life, World Press Photo
World Press Photo of the Year
The Eugene Smith Grant
John Faber Award, The Overseas Press Club
NPPA Leadership, The Joseph Sprague Memorial Award. Recognizes an individual who advances and elevates the visual journalism profession by conduct, initiative, leadership, skill, and devotion to duty (since 1949).
“The funny thing is, in the 90s and 2000s with TIME, Newsweek, US & World Report, Sports Illustrated etc I was always loving Lynn Johnson's, Carol Guzy, Yunghi Kim and Eli Reed and so many other women & photographers of color and gender. Most of the photogs I looked up to in the freelance world were women.” —Todd Bigelow
NPPA Leadership, The Kenneth P. McLaughlin Award of Merit
Pictures of the Year Canon Photo Essayist awardee who documented her own cancer and treatments passed away in 2000.
“When I saw the list today, I remembered Tara McParland who died of cancer in 2000. I was kicking myself thinking, ‘How could I have forgotten to forward Tara’s name?’ But then I saw you already had her name listed. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I never met her, but she and I went through chemo in 1999. We traded phone calls, laughed and cried as we tried to support each other during that tough time. I had so much admiration for her because she had such a positive attitude, even though her case was very tough. She taught me how to be a survivor. I am so happy to see her name here. She would have loved this.” —Nuri Vallbona
NPPA Leadership, Special Citation (editor)
Visa Pour L’image, Canon Female Photojournalist Grant (held since 2001)
Community Awareness Award, The Pictures of the Year International
New York Times Team, Pulitzer Prize Breaking News
New York Times Team, The Pulitzer Prize Feature Photography
Robert Capa Gold Medal Overseas Press Club
Rocky Mountain News team, The Pulitzer Prize Breaking Photography
ICP Infinity Awards Young Photographer
The Robert F Kennedy, Photojournalism
The John S Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford.
“In the field being a woman is a huge advantage but not in the workplace. In conflict zones, fighters don’t perceive us as a threat and we can charm our way through security cordons. We also have exclusive access to the private sphere of women. But things toughen up in the workplace. Editors can be dismissive, male peers can elbow us out. My answer: stay away from the pack and get a unique angle. It’s a hit or miss but then you only miss out on a picture everybody else has.” —Maya Vidon White in “One Piece of Advice”
NPPA Leadership Awards, The Joseph Costa Award (since 1954, editor)
NPPA Leadership, The Kenneth P. McLaughlin Award of Merit (editor)
NPPA Leadership, The Morris Berman Advance in Visual Journalism Award
Visa Pour L’image, Visa D’or - Feature
NPPA Leadership, The Meller Award (editor)
Visa Pour L’image, Canon Female Photojournalist Grant
Arts and Entertainment, World Press Photo
People in the News, World Press Photo
Portraits, The World Press Photo
Community Awareness Award , The Pictures of the Year International
NPPA Leadership, The Morris Berman Advance in Visual Journalism Award
NPPA Leadership, The Kenneth P. McLaughlin Award of Merit
NPPA Leadership, President’s Award (editor)
NPPA Leadership, President’s Award
Visa Pour L’image, Visa D’or - Daily Press
The Lucie Award, Documentary (held since 2003)
NPPA Leadership, Special Citation (editor)
Visa Pour L’image, Canon Female Photojournalist Grant
NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism, The Magazine Photographer of the Year.
The Pulitzer Prize, Feature Photography
Newspaper Photographer of the Year , The Pictures of the Year International
NPPA Best of Photojournalism BOP, Newspaper Photographer of the Year
The Pulitzer Prize, Breaking News
Arts and Entertainment, World Press Photo
Contemporary Issue, World Press Photo
The Alicia Patterson Grant
John Faber Award, The Overseas Press Club
“Some people look at us women and think that we have somewhat sad lifestyles. But I’m kinda like, “Are you kidding me?! This is the best life!” We see the most amazing things, we meet the most amazing people.” —Andrea Bruce in CJR
The Knight Fellowship in Visual Communications, Ohio University
The John S Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford
Visa Pour L’image, Visa D’or - Feature
The Lucie Award,Women in Photography
NPPA Leadership, The Meller Award
Visa Pour L’image, Canon Female Photojournalist Grant
The Pulitzer Prize Feature Photography
“Gender really hasn’t been much of an issue for me because I never made it an issue. I think we all need to play to our strengths and our own comfort levels. Sure, as a photojournalist I’m a woman working in a male-dominated field especially when I’m shooting sports. But being female may have also saved my life” —Deanne Fitzmaurice in PhotoJournal
The Associated Press Team, The Pulitzer Prize Breaking News
People in the News, World Press Photo
The Alicia Patterson Grant
John Faber Award, The Overseas Press Club
“Ms. Castelnuovo began her artistic life as a painter. While studying art in Rome, she discovered photography. “Immediately, it replaced everything I liked about painting,” she recalled, “and it became my whole focus.” —Rina Castelnuovo, NYT Lens Blog
The Nieman Fellow
Community Awareness Award , The Pictures of the Year International
The John S Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford (editor)
Visa Pour L’image, Canon Female Photojournalist Grant
Dallas Morning News team, The Pulitzer Prize Breaking News
Newspaper Photographer of the Year, The Pictures of the Year International
Feature Photography, The Overseas Press Club
John Faber Award, The Overseas Press Club
Community Awareness Award , The Pictures of the Year International
World Understanding Award , The Pictures of the year International
The John S Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford
NPPA Leadership,The Morris Berman Advance in Visual Journalism Award
NPPA Leadership, The Kenneth P. McLaughlin Award of Merit
NPPA Leadership, The Jim Gordon Editor of the Year Award
NPPA Leadership, Special Citation (editor)
Visa Pour L’image, Canon Female Photojournalist Grant
The Pulitzer Prize, Feature Photography
Portrait, World Press Photo
John Faber Award, Overseas Press Club
NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism, Photographer of the Year, Small Market
NPPA Leadership, The Jim Gordon Editor of the Year Award
“Michele Stephenson taught me so many things that it is hard to single out a few or even ten! Honesty, caring, and integrity…I will pick those three. The legacy she had will never be repeated. She was director of photography at TIME for 19 years when it was one of the most respected magazines in the world.” —MaryAnne Golon in PhotoJournal
Visa Pour L’image, Visa D’or - Feature
Visa Pour L’image, Canon Female Photojournalist Grant
The Pulitzer Prize, Feature Photography
Arts and Entertainment, World Press Photo
Portrait Stories, World Press Photo
NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism Cliff Edom’s “New America Award”
NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism, Photographer of the Year, Large Market
The Alicia Patterson Grant
“With taking pictures, Kenneally writes, “comes the power to manufacture a record that future generations will consider fact. Whether we choose to look or not, these images are facts.” —Brenda Ann Kenneally, The New Yorker
The Alexia Foundation Grant
The Robert F Kennedy Journalism for International Photography
Olivier Rebbot Award, The Overseas Press Club
The John S Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford
The Knight Fellowship in Visual Comm Ohio University
NPPA Leadership, The Jim Gordon Editor of the Year Award
Visa Pour L’image, Visa D’or- Daily Press
Lucie Award, Photojournalism
NPPA Leadership, Special Citation
Visa Pour L’image, Canon Female Photojournalist Grant
Visa Pour L’image, Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Award (held since 2008)
Daily Life, World Press Photo
Daily Life Story, World Press Photo
People In the News Story, World Press Photo
The Robert F Kennedy Journalism for International Photography
John Faber Award, The Overseas Press Club
The Nieman Fellow
NPPA Leadership Award, The Joseph Costa Award
Visa Pour L’image, Visa D’or- Daily Press
Visa Pour L’image, Canon Female Photojournalist Grant
Visa Pour L’image, The Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Award
“Karen Kasmauski is not a war photographer. Yet she has seen death close up in more countries than she can count.” —BBC
Robert Capa Gold Medal, The Overseas Press Club
“I shoot with my feeling, whether I’m happy or scared,” she said. “You can still shoot with feeling and be objective to the story. As soon as you get close to a person, they become a person. Whether they are police or protesters — they’re not just statistics.” —Agnes Dherbeys, NYT Lens Blog.
The Pulitzer Prize, Breaking News
Arts and Entertainment, World Press Photo
Daily Life Story, World Press Photo
Sports Feature, World Press Photo
The Eugene Smith Grant
The Alicia Patterson Grant
The Robert F Kennedy Journalism for Domestic Photography
The Robert F Kennedy Journalism for International Photography
Olivier Rebbot Award, The Overseas Press Club
The Knight Fellowship in Visual Comm Ohio University (editor)
NPPA Leadership, The President’s Award
The Lucie Award
Visa Pour L’image, Canon Female Photojournalist Grant
Visa Pour L’image, The Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Award
The Pulitzer Prize Breaking News
The Pulitzer Prize Feature Photography
World Press Photo of the Year
Portrait, World Press Photo
“During the shoot I put down my camera and said to that I cannot imagine how it must have felt to be pinned down and violated so brutally. I also commented what a beautiful women she was and that with surgery her external beauty would return. I asked her if we could work together to show her inner strength, her inner beauty, her power… the room felt light, as if she got what I was saying. She looked back at the camera and that’s when I took this photograph” —Jodi Bieber of her photo in Aisha, 10 World Press Photo Awards, 10 Backstories
The Eugene Smith Grant
The Alicia Patterson Grant
The Alexia Foundation Grant
The Robert F Kennedy for Domestic Photography
The Knight Fellowship in Visual Comm Ohio University
“In this world where over 1.8 billion photographs are uploaded to the Internet every day, young photographers will need to find a way to distinguish themselves from the chaos. My advice: think very deeply as to why she wants to enter this profession…I hope she enters it because she has a deep curiosity about everything in this world and with that a great passion for life, feeling deeply for family, neighbors, community, cooking, hiking, anything really; so deep that she is willing to sacrifice for it. With this passion and curiosity, let her be guided by a strong ethical code to help her through life. She should follow her interests and not set out on a path she thinks she needs to be on. Life will take her where she longs.” —Karen Kasmauski, “One Piece of Advice”
Visa Pour L’image, Visa D’or- Daily Press
NPPA Leadership, Special Citation
Visa Pour L’image, Canon Female Photojournalist Grant
Visa Pour L’image, Visa D’or Humanitarian Award (held since 2011)
Portraits, World Press Photo
Portrait, World Press Photo
Contemporary Issues Story, World Press Photo
The Alexia Foundation Grant
The Robert F Kennedy Journalism for Domestic Photography
NPPA Leadership,The Humanitarian Award (held since 1985)
Visa Pour L’image, Visa D’or - Feature
Visa Pour L’image, Canon Female Photojournalist Grant
The Chris Hondros Fund Award (held since 2012)
NPPA Leadership,The Humanitarian Award (held since 1985)
The Robert F Kennedy Journalism for Domestic Photography
The Alexia Foundation Grant
The Pulitzer Prize Feature Photography
Contemporary Issuesa Story, World Press Photo
Observation Portrait, World Press Photo
The ICP Infinity Awards Young Photographers
Newspaper Photographer of the Year, Pictures of the Year International
NPPA Leadership, The John Durniak Outstanding Mentor Award (held since 1998)
Visa Pour L’image, Visa D’or - Feature
NPPA Leadership, Special Citation
NPPA Leadership, The Meller Award
Visa Pour L’image, Canon Female Photojournalist Grant
“After being laid off from The Washington Times in 2011, along with all of the newspaper’s photographers, searched for a story close to home that she could feel passionate about and finance herself. She found one: ….Because Ms. Calvert has been financing the project by herself, she has concentrated on people who live within driving distance of her hometown, Washington.” —Mary F. Calvert, Ms. Calvert sexual assault in the United States military NYT Lens Blog
Visa Pour L’image, The Remi Ochlik Award (held since 2006)
Visa Pour L’image, The Carmignac Photojournalism Award (held since 2009)
Maria Moors Cabot Prize
Observation Portrait Story, World Press Photo
The ICP Infinity Awards Photojournalism
The Alicia Patterson Grant
The Alexia Foundation Grant
Community Awareness Award, Pictures of the Year International
NPPA Leadership Award, The Clifton Edom Award Inspire to New Heights
NPPA Leadership, The Morris Berman Advance in Visual Journalism Award
NPPA Leadership, The John Durniak Outstanding Mentor Award
Visa Pour L’image, Visa D’or- Daily Press
Visa Pour L’image, Canon Female Photojournalist Grant
Portrait, World Press Photo
Portrait Story, World Press Photo
NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism, The Cliff Edom’s “New America Award”
2015
The Alicia Patterson Grant
Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism (held since 2015)
“Building trust with those you want to photograph is a tool even more crucial than the type of lens or camera you use” —Heidi Levine, “One Piece Of Advice”
Newspaper Photographer of the Year , Pictures of the Year International
NPPA Leadership,The Clifton Edom Award, Inspire to New Heights.
“We are only as good as the pictures we take and the ethics we observe and internalizing the advice given to us. Freelancers are often in it alone, for them it’s even more important to form a tight support group with a few trusted photo friends for support; to bounce ideas, get feedback, help in licensing images and to network. Like every industry, there are jerks and if you are seeing too many jerks, it’s time to broaden your circle, and seek a new circle.” —Yunghi Kim, One Piece Of Advice
NPPA Leadership,The Morris Berman Advance in Visual Journalism Award
NPPA Leadership, The Humanitarian Award
NPPA Leadership,The Robin F. Garland Educators Award
The Lucie Award, Humanitarian
NPPA Leadership, Special Citation
Visa Pour L’image, Canon Female Photojournalist Grant
The Pulitzer Prize Feature Photography
Long Term Project, World Press Photo
“In doing this, my point has been is to look how incredibly difficult this kind of poverty is.” —Darcy Padilla on her twenty-one year “Family Love” project NYT Lens Blog
NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism, The Cliff Edom’s “New America Award”
The Robert F Kennedy Journalism for Domestic Photography
Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism
Feature Photography,mThe Overseas Press Club
The Nieman Fellow
The Nieman Fellow
The Knight Fellowship in Visual Comm Ohio University
The Lucie Award: LIfetime Achievement
Visa Pour L’image, Canon Female Photojournalist Grant
Visa Pour L’image, The Camille Lepage Award (held since 2015)
Visa Pour L’image, The Carmignac Photojournalism Award
Visa Pour L’image, Visa D’or Humanitarian Award
NPPA Leadership, The Clifton Edom Award, Inspire to New Heights
Getty Reportage Grant
Robert Capa Gold Medal, The Overseas Press Club
Long Term Projects, The World Press Photo
Contemporary Issues story, The World Press Photo
NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism, The Cliff Edom’s “New America Award”
NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism, The Photographer of the Year, Small Market
Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism
Environmental Visions Award, The Pictures of the Year International
Multimedia Photographer of the Year, The Pictures of the Year International
The Alexia Foundation Grant
The Robert F Kennedy, Domestic Photography
The Robert F Kennedy, International Photography
The John S Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford (editor)
Visa Pour L’image, Canon Female Photojournalist Grant
Visa Pour L’image, Visa D’or Humanitarian Award
The Chris Hondros Fund Award
Getty Reportage Grant
“Resilience! I love the description in the dictionary “the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness: the often remarkable resilience of so many.” Over the years of working in difficult places like Afghanistan I have found that I needed resilience more than anything else. I needed to have the drive and enthusiasm to tell myself that I couldn’t fail. Gaining access is vital to your story, often when the door slams in your face you need to find a way to open it again eventually getting the images that tell the intimate and sensitive stories.”—Paula Bronstein, “One Piece of Advice”
Nature and environment Story, The World Press Photo
Contemporary Issues Story, The World Press Photo
Long Term Project, The World Press Photo
The Alicia Patterson Grant
Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism
Robert Capa, The Overseas Press Club
Newspaper Photographer of the Year, The Pictures of the Year International
The ICP Infinity Awards, Photojournalism
The ICP Infinity Awards, Emerging Photographer
The Alexia Foundation Grant
NPPA Leadership, The Joseph Sprague Memorial Award, recognizes an individual who advances and elevates the visual journalism profession by conduct, initiative, leadership, skill, and devotion to duty (held since 1949).
NPPA Leadership, The Jim Gordon Editor of the Year Award
NPPA, The Garland Educators Award
NPPA Leadership, The Humanitarian Award
NPPA Leadership Burt Williams Educator Award
“Known for her tenacity in chasing down breaking news and her dedication to the job, Newton is believed to be the first woman hired as a full-time newspaper photographer in Nevada.” (Excerpt from Nevada Press Association)
Visa D’or - News
The Lucie Award in Documentary (since 2003)
Visa Pour L’image, Canon Female Photojournalist Grant
Visa Pour L’image, The Camille Lepage Award
Visa Pour L’image, Visa D’or Humanitarian Award
The Chris Hondros Fund Award
Al Neuharth, The Newseum’s Excellence In The Media
“Journalists are challenged not only to expose issues and report the news but also to find poetry in everyday lives and evoke empathy.”—Carol Guzy
President’s Award, Distinguished service in the field of journalism, The Overseas Press Club
Long Term Project, World Press Photo.
Contemporary Issues Story, World Press Photo
Contemporary Issues, World Press Photo
Sports, World Press Photo
Portraits, World Press Photo
NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism, The Cliff Edom’s “New America Award”
The Lucie Award, Photojournalism
The Robert F Kennedy, Domestic Photography
The Knight Fellowship in Visual Communications, Ohio University
FOOTNOTES
*First female recipients.
Grants listed are photojournalism grants of $10k or more.
National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Leadership Awards for stills photojournalists and editors, not a complete list due to difficulty in sourcing. This award is important because it recognizes those who contributed to education and for the betterment to photojournalism.
Pictures of the Year, 1953 Newspaper and Magazine Photographer of the Year. Lisa Larsen and Carol Guzy were first women to place. Magazine Photographer of the Year changed to Agency/Freelance in 2009. Listed are the premier awards only.
Alicia Patterson Grant first held in 1966 it includes Journalists.
W. Eugene Smith Grant first held in 1980.
ICP Infinity Award first held in 1985.
Alexia Foundation Grant: first professional awarded in 1997.
Robert F Kennedy Journalism Award in photography held since 1970.
Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism first held since 2015.
World Press Photo. Lists first place in photojournalism categories held since 1955.
Pulitzer Prize: Two categories for photography: News and Features for images published in American Newspapers. Though anyone can be nominated. Many newsrooms honored the tradition of nominating 3 entries per year. Rules changed in recent years to include magazine photography.
Photography held since 1942, Spot News and Feature photography since 1968.
Photography Pulitzer finalists are not listed but you can see the list here.
Same for the OverSeas Press Club Awards: Robert Capa, Olivier Rebbot, John Faber, images had to be published in print and also honored tradition of 3 entries per newspaper.
Olivier Rebbot Best photographic reporting for magazines from abroad held since 1980 to 2018
John Faber Award Best photographic reporting for newspapers from abroad from 1993 to 2015
Robert Capa Medal Award courage in photojournalism held since 1955
Feature photography Award held since 2004
Visa Pour L’image Festival award and grants selected during the festival in Perpignan, France. The first photojournalism festival founded in 1989.
Chris Hondros Fund Award held since 2012
Lucie Awards held since 2003, photojournalists listed.
NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism (BOP), some premier awards listed. Not a complete list, held since 2001.
Getty Reportage Grants. Not a complete list.
Some of the awards are listed the following year when it is awarded.
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