Nominations 2014 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Josh Haner |
For his moving essay on a Boston Marathon bomb blast victim who lost most of both legs and now is painfully rebuilding his life |
| Lacy Atkins |
For her revealing portrait of an Oakland school's efforts to help African-American boys avoid neighborhood risks and profit from education. |
| Michael Williamson |
For his portfolio of pictures exploring the multi-faceted impact of the nation\u2019s food stamp program on 47 million recipients |
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Nominations 2013 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Liz O. Baylen |
For her intimate essay, shot in shadowy black and white, documenting the shattered lives of people entangled in prescription drug abuse. |
| Renée C. Byer |
For her heartwarming photographs of a grandfather raising three grandchildren after the violent death of his daughter and the loss of his wife to cancer. |
| Javier Manzano |
For his extraordinary picture, distributed by Agence France-Presse, of two Syrian rebel soldiers tensely guarding their position as beams of light stream through bullet holes in a nearby metal wall. |
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Nominations 2012 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Craig F. Walker |
For his compassionate chronicle of an honorably discharged veteran, home from Iraq and struggling with a severe case of post-traumatic stress, images that enable viewers to better grasp a national issue. |
| David Guttenfelder |
For their extraordinary portrayal of daily life inside the reclusive nation of North Korea, including scenes after the death of Kim Jong Il. |
| Ng Han Guan |
For their extraordinary portrayal of daily life inside the reclusive nation of North Korea, including scenes after the death of Kim Jong Il. |
| Rafael Wober |
For their extraordinary portrayal of daily life inside the reclusive nation of North Korea, including scenes after the death of Kim Jong Il. |
| Francine Orr |
For her poignant portrait of the suffering by desperate families and misunderstood children who live with autism. |
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Nominations 2011 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Barbara Davidson |
For her intimate story of innocent victims trapped in the city\u2019s crossfire of deadly gang violence. |
| Todd Heisler |
For his sensitive portrayal of a large Colombian clan carrying a genetic mutation that causes Alzheimer\u2019s disease in early middle age. |
| Greg Kahn |
For his pictures that show the mixed impact of the recession in Florida \u2013 loss of jobs and homes for some but profit for others. |
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Nominations 2010 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Craig F. Walker |
For his intimate portrait of a teenager who joins the Army at the height of insurgent violence in Iraq, poignantly searching for meaning and manhood. |
| Mary F. Calvert |
For her courageous work published in The Washington Times that vividly documents how rapes, by the tens of thousands, have become a weapon of war in Congo. |
| Robert Cohen |
For his sensitive portrayal of homeless suburban families camping in motels during the recession, often recording memorable emotional moments. |
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Nominations 2009 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Damon Winter |
For his memorable array of pictures deftly capturing multiple facets of Barack Obama\u2019s presidential campaign. |
| Carol Guzy |
For her powerfully intimate coverage of the perils and sorrow of childbirth in Sierra Leone, where women face the world\u2019s highest rate of maternal mortality. |
| Sonya Hebert |
For her empathetic portrait of palliative care in a Texas medical center as terminally ill patients cope with the end of their lives. |
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Nominations 2008 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Preston Gannaway |
For her intimate chronicle of a family coping with a parent's terminal illness. |
| David Guttenfelder |
For his harrowing portfolio of Vietnamese children afflicted by the toxic legacy of Agent Orange, three decades after the Vietnam War ended. |
| Mona Reeder |
For her memorable pictures of disadvantaged Texans hidden amid the state's economic abundance. |
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Nominations 2007 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Renée C. Byer |
For her intimate portrayal of a single mother and her young son as he loses his battle with cancer. |
| Mary F. Calvert |
For her haunting depiction of sub-Sahara African women afflicted with fistula after childbirth. |
| Gary Coronado |
For his vivid images of Central Americans who, desperate to enter America illegally, risk their lives leaping on Mexican freight trains rumbling northward. |
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Nominations 2006 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Todd Heisler |
For his haunting, behind-the-scenes look at funerals for Colorado Marines who return from Iraq in caskets. |
| Mike Stocker |
For his imaginative exploration of Holocaust survivors as Judaism faces a new century. |
| Damon Winter |
For his sensitive portrayal of two remote Eskimo villages coping with memories of sexual abuse by a missionary 30 years ago. |
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Nominations 2005 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Deanne Fitzmaurice |
For her sensitive photo essay on an Oakland hospital's effort to mend an Iraqi boy nearly killed by an explosion. |
| Jim Gehrz |
For his poignant portrait of a woman soldier's struggle to recover from grave shrapnel wounds to her head. |
| Luis Sinco |
For his iconic photograph of an exhausted U.S. Marine's face after a daylong battle in Iraq. |
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Nominations 2004 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Carolyn Cole |
For her cohesive, behind-the-scenes look at the effects of civil war in Liberia, with special attention to innocent citizens caught in the conflict. |
| Pauline Lubens |
For their imaginative and sophisticated coverage of California's extraordinary recall election. |
| Dai Sugano |
For their imaginative and sophisticated coverage of California's extraordinary recall election. |
| Patrick Tehan |
For their imaginative and sophisticated coverage of California's extraordinary recall election. |
| Damir Sagolj |
For his unforgettable picture of a burly American medic in Iraq cuddling a child whose mother had just been killed in a crossfire (moved by the jury from the Breaking News Photography category). |
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Nominations 2003 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Don Bartletti |
For his memorable portrayal of how undocumented Central American youths, often facing deadly danger, travel north to the United States. |
| Matt Black |
For his striking images that documented the little known legacy of black sharecroppers who migrated to California's San Joaquin Valley during the Depression. |
| Brad Clift |
For \"Heroin Town,\" his dramatic pictures that spotlighted heroin addiction in a Connecticut city and helped produce positive change. |
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Nominations 2002 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| J. Albert Diaz |
For his diverse images portraying American life in the sprawl of south Florida's Broward County |
| Mike Stocker |
For their compelling and explanatory images illustrating the devastating impact of AIDS in the Caribbean. |
| A. Enrique Valentin |
For their compelling and explanatory images illustrating the devastating impact of AIDS in the Caribbean. |
| Hilda M. Perez |
For their compelling and explanatory images illustrating the devastating impact of AIDS in the Caribbean. |
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The New York Times
For its photographs chronicling the pain and the perseverance of people enduring protracted conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan. |
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Nominations 2001 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Matt Rainey |
The Star-Ledger
For his emotional photographs that illustrate the care and recovery of two students critically burned in a dormitory fire at Seton Hall University. |
| David Guttenfelder |
Associated Press
For his moving photographs of North and South Koreans visiting relatives they had not seen in half a century, and other images generated by the Korean governments' reunification efforts. |
| Marc Piscotty |
Rocky Mountain News
For his illuminating images of suburban high school students facing adulthood. |
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Nominations 2000 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Carol Guzy |
For their intimate and poignant images depicting the plight of the Kosovo refugees. |
| Michael Williamson |
For their intimate and poignant images depicting the plight of the Kosovo refugees. |
| Lucian Perkins |
For their intimate and poignant images depicting the plight of the Kosovo refugees. |
| Nuri Vallbona |
For their photographs of Liberty City, a neighborhood crippled by drugs and violence, which detail the community's effort to reclaim the area. |
| Candace Barbot |
For their photographs of Liberty City, a neighborhood crippled by drugs and violence, which detail the community's effort to reclaim the area. |
| Telegram & Gazette |
For its moving photographs of the grief and devastation that followed a local fire that killed six firefighters. |
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Nominations 1999 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Associated Press |
For its striking collection of photographs of the key players and events stemming from President Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky and the ensuing impeachment hearings. |
| Daniel A. Anderson |
For his skillful and moving portraits of local children growing up in decaying residential motels |
| Bill Greene |
For his inspirational images that trace the work of Donald Anderson, a descendent of slaves, who helps the residents of poor Southern communities assume civic responsibility and improve their lives. |
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Nominations 1998 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Clarence Williams |
For his powerful images documenting the plight of young children with parents addicted to alcohol and drugs. |
| Allan Detrich |
For his revealing photographic account of a secret interstate network of individuals who aid parents and children fleeing the threat of sexual abuse. |
| Joseph V. Stefanchik |
For his gripping photographs depicting the effects of war and land mines in Angola. |
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Nominations 1997 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Alexander Zemlianichenko |
For his photograph of Russian President Boris Yeltsin dancing at a rock concert during his campaign for re-election. |
| Jeffrey L. Brown |
For his series of photographs chronicling an illegal immigrant's clandestine journey from Mexico to the United States. |
| Jon Kral |
For his photographs documenting the horrifying conditions in Venezuelan prisons. |
| Michele McDonald |
For her photographs of a woman with terminal breast cancer preparing for her death. |
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Nominations 1996 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Stephanie Welsh |
For her shocking sequence of photos, published by Newhouse News Service, of a female circumcision rite in Kenya. |
| Stan Grossfeld |
For his photographs documenting how the lives of two teen-agers were transformed by the birth of their child. |
| David C. Turnley |
For his series of portraits from Bosnia. |
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Nominations 1995 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Associated Press |
For its portfolio of photographs chronicling the horror and devastation in Rwanda. |
| Carl Bower |
For his series of photographs, published by Newhouse News Service, of a woman's fight against breast cancer. |
| George Cunningham |
Press-Telegram
For its collection of life-affirming images, drawn from the daily activities of local residents. |
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Nominations 1994 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Kevin Carter |
For a picture first published in The New York Times of a starving Sudanese girl who collapsed on her way to a feeding center while a vulture waited nearby. |
| Stan Grossfeld |
For \"The Exhausted Earth,\" a year-long series depicting the social, medical and environmental crises caused by the depletion of natural resources. |
| April Saul |
For \"American Dreamers,\" her series of photographs of a working-class family coping with hardships while striving for a better life. |
| Associated Press |
For its collection of images about the Middle East, including those that illustrate the turbulent lives of Arabs and Jews in Israel. |
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Nominations 1993 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Associated Press |
For its portfolio of images drawn from the 1992 presidential campaign. |
| Yunghi Kim |
For her photographs of the famine, war and American relief efforts in Somalia. |
| Associated Press |
For its photographs from Somalia of the struggle for survival of a nation and its people. |
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Nominations 1992 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| John Kaplan |
For his photographs depicting the diverse lifestyles of seven 21-year-olds across the United States. |
| Paul Kuroda |
For his photographs of the dangerous journey of illegal immigrants across the U.S.-Mexican border. |
| Bill Snead |
For his photographs depicting the harshness and misery of the Kurdish refugee camps. |
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Nominations 1991 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| William Snyder |
For his photographs of ill and orphaned children living in subhuman conditions in Romania. |
| Ron Cortes |
For his photographic essay about a senior citizen who returned to her former high school to complete her education. |
| Jay Mather |
For his series of photographs depicting Yosemite National Park and its visitors during the park's centennial year. |
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Nominations 1990 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David C. Turnley |
For photographs of the political uprisings in China and Eastern Europe. |
| Stormi Greener |
For a series of photographs of a mother and her struggle to resist committing child abuse. |
| John Tlumacki |
For photographs of East and West Germans celebrating the collapse of the Berlin Wall. |
| Robert Hallinen |
For their photographs of the Exxon Valdez oil spill and its aftermath. |
| Erik Hill |
For their photographs of the Exxon Valdez oil spill and its aftermath. |
| Paul Souders |
For their photographs of the Exxon Valdez oil spill and its aftermath. |
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Nominations 1989 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Manny Crisostomo |
For his series of photographs. depicting student life at Southwestern High School in Detroit. |
| Donna Bagby |
For her photograph of grieving Dallas police officers at the funeral of a slain patrolman. |
| Frederic Larson |
For his photographs of atomic bomb survivors in Japan. |
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Nominations 1988 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Michel duCille |
For photographs portraying the decay and subsequent rehabilitation of a housing project overrun by the drug crack. |
| George Widman |
For his photograph of a homeless man in Philadelphia. |
| Barbara J. Ries |
For a photograph taken on Veterans Day at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. |
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Nominations 1987 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David C. Peterson |
For his photographs depicting the shattered dreams of American farmers. |
| Cheryl Nuss |
For her photographs of AIDS victims. |
| April Saul |
For her sensitive photographs of a Cambodian refugee child whose mother died of cancer. |
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Nominations 1986 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Tom Gralish |
For his series of photographs of Philadelphia's homeless. |
| David Leeson |
For his photographs of civil strife in South Africa. |
| Michael S. Wirtz |
For his photographs depicting the decline and despair of the American farmer. |
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Nominations 1985 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Larry C. Price |
For his series of photographs from Angola and El Salvador depicting their war-torn inhabitants. |
| Stan Grossfeld |
For his series of photographs of the famine in Ethiopia and For his pictures of illegal aliens on the U.S.-Mexico border. |
| Stormi Greener |
For her pictures of a dying girl which celebrated the girl's life. |
| Sebastião Salgado |
For his dramatic photos of the famine in Ethiopia. |
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Nominations 1985 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Larry C. Price |
For his series of photographs from Angola and El Salvador depicting their war-torn inhabitants. |
| Stan Grossfeld |
For his series of photographs of the famine in Ethiopia and For his pictures of illegal aliens on the U.S.-Mexico border. |
| Stormi Greener |
For her pictures of a dying girl which celebrated the girl's life. |
| Sebastião Salgado |
For his dramatic photos of the famine in Ethiopia. |
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Nominations 1984 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Anthony Suau |
For a series of photographs which depict the tragic effects of starvation in Ethiopia and For a single photograph of a woman at her husband's gravesite on Memorial Day. |
| Stan Grossfeld |
For his series of unusual photographs which reveal the effects of war on the people of Lebanon. (Moved by the Board to the Spot News Photography category.) |
| David Woo |
For his series of photographs depicting the child victims of war-torn Central America. |
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Nominations 1983 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| James B. Dickman |
For his telling photographs of life and death in El Salvador. |
| Barron Ludlum |
For his picture story of a sick child's struggle for life. |
| John H. White |
For a variety of photographs depicting life in Chicago. |
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Nominations 1982 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| John H. White |
For consistently excellent work on a variety of subjects. |
| Eli Reed |
For photos of life in a public housing project. |
| Walt Stricklin |
For coverage of a family confronting the death of one of its members. |
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Nominations 1981 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Taro M. Yamasaki |
For his photographs of Jackson State Prison, Michigan. |
| Paul Beaver |
For his photographs of the Mississippi Delta Region. |
| Michael C. Hayman |
For his photographs of automobile workers. |
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Nominations 1980 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Erwin H. Hagler |
For a series on the Western cowboy. |
| David A. Kryszak |
For a series on children of Cambodia. |
| John J. Sunderland |
For a series on living and dying in a hospice. |
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