Pulitzer Prizes: News Photography

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff

Winners from 1942 to present


1942
Milton Brooks (Detroit News)
1943
Frank Noel (Associated Press)
1944
Frank Filan (Associated Press); Earle L. Bunker (Omaha World-Herald)
1945
Joe Rosenthal (Associated Press)
1947
Arnold Hardy
1948
Frank Cushing (Boston Traveler)
1949
Nat Fein (New York Herald Tribune)
1950
Bill Crouch (Oakland Tribune)
1951
Max Desfor (Associated Press)
1952
John Robinson and Don Ultang (Des Moines Register & Tribune)
1953
William M. Gallagher (Flint [Mich.] Journal)
1954
Mrs. Walter M. Schau
1955
John L. Gaunt, Jr. (Los Angeles Times)
1956
New York Daily News
1957
Harry A. Trask (Boston Traveler)
1958
William C. Beall (Washington Daily News)
1959
William Seaman (Minneapolis Star)
1960
Andrew Lopez (United Press International)
1961
Yasushi Nagao (Mainichi Newspapers, Tokyo)
1962
Paul Vathis (Harrisburg [Pa.] bureau of Associated Press)
1963
Hector Rondon (La Republica, Caracas,Venezuela)
1964
Robert H. Jackson (Dallas Times Herald)
1965
Horst Faas (Associated Press)
1966
Kyoichi Sawada (United Press International)
1967
Jack R. Thornell (Associated Press)
1968
News: Rocco Morabito (Jacksonville [Fla.] Journal); features: Toshio Sakai (United Press International)
1969
Spot news: Edward T. Adams (Associated Press); features: Moneta Sleet, Jr.
1970
Spot news: Steve Starr (Associated Press); features: Dallas Kinney (Palm Beach Post)
1971
Spot news: John Paul Filo (Valley Daily News and Daily Dispatch [Tarentum and New Kensington, Pa.]); features: Jack Dykinga (Chicago Sun-Times)
1972
Spot news: Horst Faas and Michel Laurent (Associated Press); features: Dave Kennerly (United Press International)
1973
Spot news: Huynh Cong Ut (Associated Press); features: Brian Lanker (Topeka Capital-Journal)
1974
Spot news: Anthony K. Roberts (Associated Press); features: Slava Veder (Associated Press)
1975
Spot news: Gerald H. Gay (Seattle Times); features: Matthew Lewis (Washington Post)
1976
Spot news: Stanley J. Forman (Boston Herald-American); features: photographic staff of Louisville Courier-Journal and Times
1977
Spot news: Neal Ulevich (Associated Press) and Stanley J. Forman (Boston Herald-American); features: Robin Hood (Chattanooga News-Free Press)
1978
Spot news: John Blair, freelance, Evansville, Ind.; features: J. Ross Baughman (Associated Press)
1979
Spot news: Thomas J. Kelly, 3rd (Pottstown [Pa.] Mercury); features: photographic staff of Boston Herald-American
1980
Features: Erwin H. Hagler (Dallas Times Herald)
1981
Spot news: Larry C. Price (Fort Worth Star-Telegram); features: Taro M. Yamasaki (Detroit Free Press)
1982
Spot news: Ron Edmonds (Associated Press); features: John H. White (Chicago Sun-Times)
1983
Spot news: Bill Foley (Associated Press); features: James B. Dickman (Dallas Times Herald)
1984
Spot news: Stan Grossfeld (Boston Globe); features: Anthony Suau (Denver Post)
1985
Spot news: photographic staff of Register, Santa Ana, Calif.; features: Stan Grossfeld (Boston Globe)
1986
Spot news: Michel duCille and Carol Guzy (Miami Herald); features: Tom Gralish (Philadelphia Inquirer)
1987
Spot news: Kim Komenich (San Francisco Examiner); features: David Peterson (Des Moines Register)
1988
Spot news: Scott Shaw (Odessa [Texas] American); features: Michel duCille (Miami Herald)
1989
Spot news: Ron Olshwanger (St. Louis Post-Dispatch); features: Manny Crisostomo (Detroit Free Press)
1990
Spot news: Oakland Tribune; features: David C. Turnley (Detroit Free Press)
1991
Spot news: Greg Marinovich (Associated Press); features: William Snyder (Dallas Morning News)
1992
Spot news: Associated Press staff; features: John Kaplan (Herald [Monterey, Calif.] and Pittsburgh Post–Gazette)
1993
Spot news: William Snyder and Ken Geiger (Dallas Morning News); features: Associated Press
1994
Spot news: Paul Watson (Toronto Star); features: Kevin Carter, freelancer for New York Times
1995
Spot news: Carol Guzy (Washington Post); features: Associated Press Staff
1996
Spot news: Charles Porter IV, freelance photographer for Associated Press; features: Stephanie Walsh, freelance photographer for Newhouse News Service
1997
Spot news: Annie Wells (The Press Democrat [Santa Rosa, Calif.]); features: Alexander Zemlianichenko (Associated Press)
1998
Spot news: Martha Rial (The Pittsburgh Post–Gazette); features: Clarence Williams (The Los Angeles Times)
1999
Spot news: Associated Press photo staff; features: Associated Press photo staff
2000
Breaking news: photo staff of Denver Rocky Mountain News; features: Carol Guzy, Michael Williamson, and Lucian Perkins (Washington Post)
2001
Breaking news: Alan Diaz (Associated Press); features: Matt Rainey (The Star-Ledger [Newark, N.J.])
2002
Breaking news: New York Times staff; features: New York Times staff
2003
Breaking news: Rocky Mountain News staff; features: Don Bartletti (Los Angeles Times)
2004
Breaking news: David Leeson and Cheryl Diaz Meyer (The Dallas Morning News); features: Carolyn Cole (Los Angeles Times)
2005
Breaking news: Associated Press staff; features: Deanne Fitzmaurice (San Francisco Chronicle)
2006
Breaking news: The Dallas Morning News staff; features: Todd Heisler (Rocky Mountain News [Denver, Colo.])
2007
Breaking news: Oded Balilty, Associated Press; features: Renee C. Byer (The Sacramento Bee)
2008
Breaking news: Adrees Latif, Reuters; features: Preston Gannaway (The Concord Monitor)
2009
Breaking news: Patrick Farrell, The Miami Herald; features: Damon Winter (The New York Times)
2010
Breaking news: Mary Chind, The Des Moines Register; features: Craig F. Walker (The Denver Post)
2011
Breaking news: Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn, and Ricky Carioti, The Washington Post; features: Barbara Davidson (Los Angeles Times)
2012
Breaking news: Massoud Hossaini, Agence France-Presse; features: Craig F. Walker (The Denver Post)
2013
Breaking news: Rodrigo Abd, Narciso Contreras, Khalil Hamra, Manu Brabo and Muhammed Muheisen, Associated Press; features: Javier Manzano (Agence France-Presse)
2014
Breaking news: Tyler Hicks, The New York Times; features: Josh Haner (The New York Times)

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