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)