| year | photographer | |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Nan Goldin[1] | |
| 1991 | Olivier Richon[2] | |
| 1993 | Seiichi Furuya[3] | |
| 1995 | David Goldblatt[4] | |
| 1997 | [none] | |
| 1999 | Hans-Peter Feldmann[5] | |
| 2001 | Allan Sekula[6] | |
| 2003 | Aglaia Konrad[7] | |
| 2005 | Walid Raad[8] | |
| 2007 | Marika Asatiani[9] | |
| 2009 | Sanja Iveković[10] | |
| 2011 | Heidrun Holzfeind | |
| 2013 | Joachim Koester | |
| 2015 | Annette Kelm | |
| 2017 | Jochen Lempert | |
| 2019 | Lebohang Kganye | |
| 2021 | Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński | |
| 2023 | Joanna Piotrowska |
The Camera Austria Award for Contemporary Photography by the City of Graz (Camera Austria-Preis für zeitgenössische Fotografie der Stadt Graz) is an award given every two years since 1989 by the city of Graz.[11]