| 1942 |
Milton Brooks, Detroit News for photo "Ford Strikers Riot." |
| 1943 |
Frank Noel, Associated Press, for photo "Water!" |
1944
(two winners) |
Earle L. Bunker, World-Herald (Omaha) for photo "Homecoming."
Frank Filan, Associated Press, for photo "Tarawa Island." |
| 1945 |
 Joe Rosenthal, Associated Press, for photograph of U.S. Marines planting the American f
lag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima. |
| 1946 |
(No Award) |
| 1947 |
Arnold Hardy, amateur photographer, Atlanta, Georgia, for photo of girl leaping to death in hotel fire, distributed by the Associated Press. |
| 1948 |
Frank Cushing, Boston Traveler, for photo "Boy Gunman and Hostage." |
| 1949 |
Nathaniel Fein, New York Herald-Tribune, for photo "Babe Ruth Bows Out."
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| 1950 |
Bill Crouch, Oakland Tribute, for picture "Near Collision at Air Show." |
| 1951 |
Max Desfor, Associated Press, for photographic coverage of the Korean War. |
| 1952 |
John R. Robinson and Donald T. Ultang, Des Moines Register and Tribune, for their sequence of six photos of the Drake vs. Oklahoma A&M football game. |
| 1953 |
William M. Gallagher, Flint Journal (Michigan), for photo of ex-Governor Adlai E. Stevenson during the 1952 presidential campaign. |
| 1954 |
Virginia Schau, amateur photographer, San Anselmo, California, for photograph of thrilling rescue in California, published in the Akron Beacon Journal and nationally distributed by the Associated Press. |
| 1955 |
John L. Gaunt Jr., Los Angeles Times, for photo "Tragedy by the Sea," showing a young couple standing together only a few minutes after their year-old son had perished. |
| 1956 |
Staff of New York Daily News, for its consistently excellent news photo coverage in 1955. |
| 1957 |
Harry A. Trask, Boston Traveler, for an outstanding photographic sequence of the sinking of the liner Andrea Doria. |
| 1958 |
William C. Beall, Washington Daily News, for "Faith and Confidence," showing a
policeman talking with two-year-old boy trying to cross a street during a parade. |
| 1959 |
William Seaman, Minneapolis Star, for dramatic photograph of the sudden death of a child in the street. |
| 1960 |
Andrew Lopez, United Press International, for series of four photographs of a member of Dictator Batista's army who was executed by a Castro firing squad. |
| 1961 |
Yasushi Nagao, Mainichi, Tokyo, for photograph "Tokyo Stabbing," distributed by United Press International. |
| 1962 |
Paul Vathis, Associated Press (Harrisburg, Penn. bureau), for "Serious Steps." |
| 1963 |
Hector Rondon, La Republic (Caracas, Venezuela), for "Aid From The Padre" of a priest holding a wounded soldier in the 1962 Venezuelan insurrection. Distributed by the Associated Press. |
| 1964 |
Robert H. Jackson, Dallas Times-Herald, for photograph of the murder of Lee Os
wald by Jack Ruby. |
| 1965 |
Horst Faas, Associated Press, for combat photography of the Vietnam War in 1964. |
| 1966 |
Kyoichi Sawada, United Press International, for combat photography of the Vietnam War during 1965. |
| 1967 |
Jack R. Thornell, Associated Press (New Orleans bureau), for photo of the shooting of James Meredith in Mississippi by a roadside rifleman. |
| 1968 |
Spot News: Rocco Morabito, for "The Kiss of Life" depicting a power company lineman giving a colleague mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Feature: Toshio Sakai, United Press International, for Vietnam combat photograph "Dreams of Better Times." |
| 1969 |
Spot News: Edward T. Adams, Associated Press, for "Saigon Execution."
Feature: Moneta Sleet Jr., Ebony, for photograph of Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow and child, taken at King's funeral. |
| 1970 |
Spot News: Steve Starr, Associated Press (Albany bureau, New York), for photo taken at Cornell University, "Campus Guns."
Feature: Dallas Kinney, Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Florida), for portfolio of pictures of Florida migrant workers, "Migration to Misery." |
| 1971 |
Spot News: John Paul Filo, Valley Daily News and Daily Dispatch (Tarentum and New Kensington, Pennsylvania), for pictorial coverage of the Kent State University tragedy.
Feature: Jack Dykinga, Chicago Sun-Times, for photographs at the Lincoln and Dixon State Schools for the Retarded in Illinois. |
| 1972 |
Spot News: Horst Faas and Michel Laurent, Associated Press, for picture series "Death in Dacca."
Feature: David Hume Kennerly, United Press International, for dramatic photographs of the Vietnam War during 1971. |
| 1973 |
Spot News: Huynh Cong Ut, Associated Press, for "The Terror of War," depicting children in flight from a napalm bombing.
Feature: Brian Lanker, Topeka Capital-Journal, for sequence on childbirth. |
| 1974 |
Spot News: Anthony K. Roberts, free-lance photographer, for picture series "Fatal Hollywood Drama."
Feature: Slava Veder, Associated Press, for photo of return of an American prisoner of war from cap
tivity in North Vietnam. |
| 1975 |
Spot News: Gerald H. Gay, Seattle Times, for photograph of four exhausted firemen, "Lull in the Battle."
Feature: Matthew Lewis, Washington Post, for photographs in color and black and white. |
| 1976 |
Spot News: Stanley J. Forman, Boston Herald American, for sequence of photographs of a fire in Boston.
Feature: Staff photographers, Courier-Journal and Louisville Times, for comprehensive pictorial report on busing in Louisville's schools. |
| 1977 |
Spot News: Stanley J. Forman, Associated Press, for "Soiling of Old Glory," showing a youth using t
he flag as a lance in street disorders.
Spot News: Neal Ulevich, Associated Press, for series of photographs of disorder and brutality in the streets of Bangkok.
Feature: Robin Hood, Chattanooga News-Free Press, for photo of a disabled veteran and his child at an Armed Forces Day parade. |
| 1978 |
Spot News: John H. Blair, special assignment photographer, United Press International, for photo of an Indianapolis broker being held hostage at gunpoint.
Feature: J. Ross Baughman, Associated Press, for three photographs from guerrilla areas in Rhodesia. |
| 1979 |
Spot News: Thomas J. Kelly III, Pottstown Mercury (Pennsylvania), for a series called "Tragedy on Sanatoga Road."
Feature: Staff photographers, Boston Herald American, for coverage of the blizzard of 1978. |
| 1980 |
Spot News: Unnamed photographer, United Press International, for "Firing Squad in Iran."
Feature: Erwin H. Hagler, Dallas Times Herald, for a series on the Western cowboy. |
| 1981 |
Spot News: Larry C. Price, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, for photos from Liberia.
Feature: Taro M. Yamasaki, Detroit Free Press, for photos of Jackson State Prison in Michigan. |
| 1982 |
Spot News: Ron Edmonds, Associated Press, for coverage of the Reagan assassination attempt.
Feature: John H. White, Chicago Sun-Times, for consistently excellent work on a variety of subjects. |
| 1983 |
Spot News: Bill Foley, Associated Press, for series of pictures of victims and survivors of the massacre in the Sabra camp in Beirut.
Feature: James B. Dickman, Dallas Times Herald, for photos of life and death in El Salvador. |
| 1984 |
Spot News: Stan Grossfeld, Boston Globe, for series of unusual photographs that reveal the effects of war on the people of Lebanon.
Feature: Anthony Suau, Denver Post, for series depicting the effects of starvation in Ethiopia and for a single photograph of a woman at her husband's gravesite on Memorial Day. |
| 1985 |
Spot News: Photography staff, Orange County Register (Santa Ana, California), for their ex
ceptional coverage of the Olympic games.
Feature: Larry C. Price, Philadelphia Inquirer, for series of photos from Angola and El Salvador.
Feature: Stan Grossfeld, Boston Globe, for series of photos of the famine in Ethiopia and of illegal aliens on the Mexican border. |
| 1986 |
Spot News: Carol Guzy and Michel duCille, Miami Herald, for photos of the devastation caused by the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia.
Feature: Tom Gralish, Philadelphia Inquirer, for series on Philadelphia's homeless. |
| 1987 |
Spot News: Kim Komenich, San Francisco Examiner, for coverage of the fall of Ferdinand Marcos.
Feature: David Peterson, Des Moines Register, for photos depicting the shattered dreams of American farmers. |
| 1988 |
Spot News: Scott Shaw, Odessa American, for coverage of the child Jessica McClure's rescue from a well.
Feature: Michel DuCille, Miami Herald, for portraying a housing project overrun by the drug crack. |
| 1989 |
Spot News: Ron Olshwanger, free-lance photographer, for photo published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of a firefighter giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a child pulled from a burning building.
Feature: Manny Crisostomo, Detroit Free Press, for series depicting student life at Southwestern High School in Detroit. |
| 1990 |
Spot News: Staff photographers, Oakland Tribune (California), for coverage of devastation caused by the Bay Area earthquake of in 1989.
Feature: David C. Turnley, Detroit Free Press, for photos of political uprisings in China and Eastern Europe. |
| 1991 |
Spot News: Greg Marinovich, Associated Press, for series on supporters of South Africa's African National Congress brutally murdering a man they believed to be a Zulu spy.
Feature: William Snyder, Dallas Morning News, for photos of ill and orphaned children living in subhuman conditions in Romania. |
| 1992 |
Spot News: Associated Press staff, for photos of the attempted coup in Russia and the subsequent collapse of the Communist regime.
Feature: John Kaplan, Block Newspapers (Toledo, Ohio), for depicting the diverse lifestyles of seven twenty-one-year-olds across the United States. |
| 1993 |
Spot News: Ken Geiger and William Snyder, Dallas Morning News, for coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
Feature: Associated Press staff, for its portfolio of images drawn from the 1992 presidential campa
ign. |
| 1994 |
Spot News: Paul Watson, Toronto Star, for photograph of a U.S. soldier's body being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu by a mob of jeering Somalis.
Feature: Kevin Carter, free-lance photographer, for a photo 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. |
| 1995 |
Spot News: Carol Guzy, Washington Post, for series illustrating the crisis in Haiti and its aftermath.
Feature: Associated Press staff, for its portfolio of photos chronicling the horror and devastation in Rwanda. |
| 1996 |
Spot News: Charles Porter IV, free-lance photographer, for haunting photos taken after the Oklahoma City bombing and distributed by the Associated Press, showing a one-year-old victim handed to and then cradle
d by a local fireman.
Feature: Stephanie Welsh, free-lance photographer, for sequence of photos published by Newhouse News Service of a female circumcision rite in Kenya. |
| 1997 |
Spot News: Annie Wells, Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California), for photo of a local firefighter rescuing a teenager from raging floodwaters.
Feature: Alexander Zemlianichenko, Associated Press, for photo of Russian President Boris Yeltsin dancing at a rock concert during his campaign for re-election. |
| 1998 |
Spot News: Martha Rial, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, for portraits of survivors of the conflicts in Rwanda and Burundi.
Feature: Clarence J. Williams III, Los Angeles Times, for documenting the plight of young children with parents addicted to alcohol and drugs. |
| 1999 |
Spot News: Associated Press staff, for its portfolio of images following the embassy bombing in Kenya and Tanzania.
Feature: Associated Press staff, for coverage of President Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky and the ensuing impeachment hearings. |
| 2000 |
Breaking/Spot News: Staff photographers, Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado), for its collection of images taken after the student shootings at Columbine High School.
Feature: Carol Guzy, Michael Williamson, and Lucian Perkins, Washington Post, for their poignant images depicting the plight of the Kosovo refugees. |
| 2001 |
Breaking News: Alan Diaz, Associated Press, for photo of armed U.S. federal agents seizing the Cuba
n boy Elián Gonzalez from his relatives' Miami home.
Feature: Matt Rainey, Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey), for depicting the care and recovery of two students critically burned in a dormitory fire at Seton Hall University. |
| 2002 |
Breaking News: Staff photographers, New York Times, for its consistently outstanding photo
graphic coverage of the terrorist attack on New York City and its aftermath.
Feature: Staff photographers, New York Times, for its photographs chronicling the pain and the perseverance of people enduring protracted conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan. |
| 2003 |
Breaking News: Staff photographers, Rocky Mountain News, for its powerful, imaginative coverage of Colorado's raging forest fires.
Feature: Don Bartletti, Los Angeles Times, for memorable portrayal of how undocumented Central American youths, often facing deadly danger, travel north to the United States. |
