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 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
2023 Rafał Milach
2022 Susan Meiselas (USA)
2021 Hans-Jürgen Burkard, Hamburg (D)
2020 Chris Killip (USA)
2019 Stephanie Sinclair (USA)
2017 Antanas Sutkus, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2016 Rolf Nobel, Hannover (D)
2015 Josef Koudelka, Paris (F)
2014 Gerd Ludwig, Los Angeles (USA)
2013 Paolo Pellegrin, Rom (I)
2012 Peter Bialobrzeski, Hamburg (D)
2011 Heidi und Hans-Jürgen Koch, Freiburg (D)
2010 Michael von Graffenried, Paris (F)
2009 Sylvia Plachy, New York (USA)
2008 Anders Petersen, Stockholm (Sweden)
2007 Letizia Battaglia, Palermo (I)
2006 Martin Parr, Bristol (UK)
2005 Horst Faas, London (UK)
2004 Will McBride, Berlin (D)
2003 John G. Morris, Paris (F)
2002 Menschenrechtsorganisation „Reporters sans frontières“, Paris (F)
2001 Herlinde Koelbl, Neuried (D)
2000 Arno Fischer, Berlin (D)
1999 Eva Besnyö, Amsterdam (NL)
1998 René Burri, Paris (F)
1997 Peter Hunter, Den Haag (NL)
1996 Regina Schmeken, München (D)
1995 Gilles Peress, New York (USA)
1994 Mary Ellen Mark, New York (USA)
1992/3 Don McCullin, Batcombe, Somerset (UK)
1991 Robert Lebeck, Hamburg (D)
1990 Cristina García Rodero, Madrid (ES)
1989 Barbara Klemm, Frankfurt (D)
1988 Sebastiao Salgado, Aimores (Brasil)
1987 Josef H. Darchinger, Bonn (D)
1986 Peter Magubane, Johannesburg (South Africa)
1985 Robert Frank, New York (USA)
1984 Zeitschrift "Frankfurter Allgemeine Magazin", Frankfurt (D)
1983 Dr. Lotte Jacobi, Deering, New Hampshire (USA), Dr. Tim Gidal, Jerusalem (Israel)
1982 Stiftung "World Press Photo", Amsterdam (NL)
1981 Bilderdienst der Deutschen Presse-Agentur (DPA), Hamburg/Frankfurt (D)
1980 Zeitschrift "GEO", Hamburg (D)
1979 WDR Fernsehreihe "Der 7.Sinn", Köln (D)
1978 Zeitschrift "National Geographic Magazin", Washington (USA)
1977 Zeitschrift "Bild der Wissenschaft", Stuttgart (D)
1976 Zeitschrift "Zeitmagazin", Hamburg (D)
1975 ZDF-Fernsehreihe "Personenbeschreibung" von Georg Stefan Troller (D)
1974 Zeitschrift "EPOCA", Mailand (I)
1973 Zeitschrift "Avenue", Amsterdam (NL)
1972 Kulturelle Monatszeitschrift "du", Zürich (CH)
1971 Zeitschrift "Stern", Hamburg (D)