David Octavius Hill Medal Explained

The David Octavius Hill Medal is a prize in photography established in 1955, by the Deutsche Fotografische Akademie. It is named in honor of the Scottish artist David Octavius Hill, famous for his Hill & Adamson calotypes, most of which were developed at Adamson's studio, the "Rock House", on Calton Hill in Edinburgh.

Recipients

• 1955: Walter Hege, Carl Adolf Schleussner, Erich Stenger, Bruno Uhl
• 1957: Albert Renger-Patzsch
• 1958: Erna Lendvai-Dircksen
• 1964: Herbert List
  • 1965: Otto Steinert 1966: Martin Hürlimann
  • 1967: Paul Strand 1968: Fritz Gruber
  • 1969: Liselotte Strelow 1970: Allan Porter
• 1971: Edouard Boubat
• 1972: Regina Relang
• 1973: J.A. Schmoll, gen. Eisenwerth
• 1974: Fritz Kempe
  • • • • 1978: Heinz Hajek-Halke, Willi Moegle 1979: Fritz Brill, Kurt Julius 1981: Peter Keetman 1983: Helmut Gernsheim 1984: Robert Häusser
• 1986: John Hilliard
• 1988: Joan Fontcuberta
• 1990: Stefan Moses
• 1994: Jürgen Heinemann, Klaus Kammerichs
• 1996: Gottfried Jäger
• 1999: Dieter Appelt
• 2002: Alex Webb
• 2005: Bernhard Prinz
• 2009: Joakim Eskildsen, Cia Rinne
• 2015: Viviane Sassen
• 2019: Ute & Werner Mahler^[1]

References

• Träger der David-Octavius-Hill-Medaille (German). Accessed January 24, 2010.

Notes and References

1. News: 2019-12-12. The 2019 Award Winner: Ute & Werner Mahler - German Photographic Academy.