Dr. Erich Salomon Award Explained

The Dr. Erich Salomon Award (Dr.-Erich-Salomon-Preis), dedicated to Erich Salomon, is a lifetime achievement award for photojournalists given by the German Society for Photography (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie, DGPh).

Winners

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• 1971 Stern magazine
• 1972 du magazine
• 1973 Avenue magazine
• 1974 Epoca magazine
• 1975 Personenbeschreibung (ZDF series)
• 1976 Zeitmagazin
• 1977 magazine
• 1978 National Geographic magazine
• 1979
• 1980 Geo magazine
• 1981 Picture service of Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA)
• 1982 World Press Photo
• 1983 Lotte Jacobi -
• 1984 Frankfurter Allgemeine Magazin
• 1985 Robert Frank
• 1986 Peter Magubane
• 1987
• 1988 Sebastião Salgado
• 1989 Barbara Klemm
• 1990 Cristina García Rodero
• 1991 Robert Lebeck
• 1992/1993 Don McCullin
• 1994 Mary Ellen Mark
• 1995 Gilles Peress
• 1996
• 1997 Peter Hunter (né Otto Salomon, son of Dr. Erich Salomon)
• 1998 René Burri
• 1999 Eva Besnyö
• 2000 Arno Fischer
• 2001 Herlinde Koelbl
• 2002 Reporters sans frontières
• 2003 John G. Morris
• 2004 Will McBride
• 2005 Horst Faas
• 2006 Martin Parr
• 2007 Letizia Battaglia
• 2008 Anders Petersen
• 2009 Sylvia Plachy
• 2010 Michael von Graffenried
• 2011 Heidi and Hans-Jürgen Koch
• 2012 Peter Bialobrzeski
• 2013 Paolo Pellegrin^[2]
• 2014 Gerd Ludwig
• 2015 Josef Koudelka^[3]
• 2016: Rolf Nobel^[4]
• 2017: Antanas Sutkus
• 2019: Stephanie Sinclair
• 2020: Chris Killip^{[5] [6]}
• 2023: Rafał Milach^[7]

Notes and References

1. "The Dr. Erich Salomon Award of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh)", Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie, Germany. Accessed 14 May 2014.
2. "Paolo Pellegrin receives Dr. Erich Salomon Prize for 2013". Canon Inc., October 2013. Accessed 19 October 2017
3. Web site: Auszeichnung für Josef Koudelka . Deutschlandradio Kultur . 7 November 2015 . 8 November 2015.
4. "Fotograf Rolf Nobel bekommt Erich-Salomon-Preis". Heinz Heise, 4 April 2016. Accessed 19 October 2017
5. "Photographer Chris Killip given an international honour ", Isle of Man Today, 5 October 2020. Accessed 15 October 2020.
6. "Chris Killip is being honoured with the Dr. Erich Salomon Award " (PDF), DGPh (German Photographic Society), 25 September 2020.
7. Web site: 2023-10-28 . Photographer couple Ute and Werner Mahler honored . 2023-10-29 . Time News . en-US.