The Dr. Erich Salomon Award of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh)
The Dr. Erich Salomon Award of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh) was established in 1971 to honor outstanding use of photography in press. It celebrates the memory of the great photographer of the Weimar Republic, Dr. Erich Salomon, whom many regard as the principal founder of modern photojournalism.
The award comprises a certificate and a Leica M Camera, engraved with the name of the recipient. It is presented every year, alongside the Cultural Award, as the highest distinction of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh).
Among the award winners are magazines, organizations and television as well as persons who have done photography a great service in publications or who have excelled as photojournalists.
The previous recipients | |
1971 | Magazine "Stern", Hamburg (Germany) |
1972 | Magazine "du", Zürich (Switzerland) |
1973 | Magazine "Avenue", Amsterdam (The Netherlands) |
1974 | Magazine "Epoca", Mailand (Italy) |
1975 | TV-series "Personenbeschreibung" of Georg Stefan Troller (Germany) |
1976 | Magazine "Zeitmagazin", Hamburg (Germany) |
1977 | Magazine "Bild der Wissenschaft", Stuttgart (Germany) |
1978 | "National Geographic Magazine", Washington (USA) |
1979 | TV-series "Der 7.Sinn", Köln (Germany) |
1980 | Magazine "GEO", Hamburg (Germany) |
1981 | Picture service of Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA), |
1982 | "World Press Photo", Amsterdam (The Netherlands) |
1983 | Dr. Lotte Jacobi, Deering, New Hampshire (USA) |
1984 | "Frankfurter Allgemeine Magazin", Frankfurt (Germany) |
1985 | Robert Frank, New York (USA) |
1986 | Peter Magubane, Johannesburg (South Africa) |
1987 | Josef H. Darchinger, Bonn (Germany) |
1988 | Sebastiao Salgado, Aimores (Brazil) |
1989 | Barbara Klemm, Frankfurt (Germany) |
1990 | Cristina García Rodero, Madrid (Spain) |
1991 | Robert Lebeck, Hamburg (Germany) |
1992/3 | Don McCullin, Batcombe, Somerset (Great Britain) |
1994 | Mary Ellen Mark, New York (USA) |
1995 | Gilles Peress, New York (USA) |
1996 | Regina Schmeken, München (Germany) |
1997 | Peter Hunter, Den Haag (The Netherlands) |
1998 | René Burri, Paris (France) |
1999 | Eva Besnyö, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) |
2000 | Arno Fischer, Berlin (Germany) |
2001 | Herlinde Koelbl, Neuried (Germany) |
2002 | „Reporters sans frontières“, Paris (France) |
2003 | John G. Morris, Paris (France) |
2004 | Will McBride, Berlin (Germany) |
2005 | Horst Faas, London (Great Britain) |
2006 | Martin Parr, Bristol (Great Britain) |
2007 | Letizia Battaglia, Palermo (Italy) |
