Robert Capa Gold Medal

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The Robert Capa Gold Medal is an award for "best published photographic reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise".^[1] It is awarded annually by the Overseas Press Club of America (OPC). It was created in honor of the war photographer Robert Capa. The first Robert Capa Gold Medal was awarded in 1955 to Howard Sochurek.^[1]

[edit] Winners

2006: Paolo Pellegrin, Magnum, "True Pain: Israel & Hizbullah"
2005: Chris Hondros, Getty Images, "One Night In Tal Afar"
2004: Ashley Gilbertson (Aurora), The New York Times, "The Battle for Fallujah"
2003: Carolyn Cole, The Los Angeles Times, "Covering Conflict: Iraq and Liberia"
2002: Carolyn Cole, The Los Angeles Times, "Church of the Nativity: In the Center of the Siege"
2001: Luc Delahaye (Magnum) for Newsweek, "Afghanistan"
2000: Chris Anderson (Aurora), The New York Times Magazine, "Desperate Passage"
1999: John Stanmeyer (SABA), Time, "The Killing of Bernardino Guterres in Dili, East Timor"
1998: James Nachtwey (Magnum), Time, "Indonesia: Descent into Madness"
1997: Horst Faas/Tim Page, Random House, "Requiem: By the Photographers Who Died in Vietnam and Indochina"
1996: Corrine Dufka (Reuters), "Liberia: From a Dead Man’s Wallet"
1995: Anthony Suau, Time, "Grozny: Russia’s Nightmare"
1994: James Nachtwey (Magnum), Time Magazine, "Election Violence for South Africa"
1993: Paul Watson, The Toronto Star, "Mogadishu"
1992: Luc Delahaye (Sipa Press), "Sarajevo: Life in the War Zone"
1991: Christopher Morris (Black Star), Time.
1990: Bruce Haley (Black Star), U.S. News & World Report
1989: David Turnley (Black Star & The Detroit Free Press) "Revolutions in China and Romania"
1988: Chris Steele-Perkins (Magnum), Time, "Graveside Terror"
1987: Janet Knott, The Boston Globe, "Democracy: What Price?"
1986: James Nachtwey, Time/GEO (German edition), "Island at War"
1985: Peter Magubane, Time, "Cry for Justice: Cry for Peace"
1984: James Nachtwey (Black Star), Time, "Photos of El Salvador"
1983: James Nachtwey, Time, "Lebanon"
1982: Harry Mattison, Time.
1981: Rudi Frey, Time.
1980: Steve McCurry, Time.
1979: Kaveh Golestan, Time.
1978: Susan Meiselas, Time.
1977: Eddie Adams (The Associated Press), "The Boat of No Smiles", about Vietnamese Boat People.
1976: Catherine Leroy (Gamma), Time, Coverage of street fighting in Beirut.
1975: Dirck Halstead, Time, Coverage of Vietnam.
1974: W. Eugene Smith, Camera 35.
1973: David Burnett/Raymond Depardon/Charles Gerretsen (Gamma Presse Images), "Chili"
1972: Clive W. Limpkin, Penguin Books, "Battle of Bogside"
1971: Larry Burrows, Life.
1970: Kyoichi Sawada (United Press International)
1969: Photographe Tchèque anonyme, Look, "A Death to Remember"
1968: John Olson, Life, "The Battle That Regained and Ruined Hue"
1967: David Douglas Duncan, Life & ABC.
1966: Henri Huet (The Associated Press)
1965: Larry Burrows, Life.
1964: Horst Faas (The Associated Press), Coverage of Vietnam.
1963: Larry Burrows, Life, Color photographs of Vietnam War.
1962: Peter Dehmel & Klaus Dehmel, NBC, "The Tunnel"
1960: Yung Su Kwon, NBC, Coverage of Japanese riots at the time of James Hagerty’s arrival.
1959: Mario Biasetti, CBS.
1958: Paul Bruck, CBS, Coverage of Lebanon.
1956: John Sadovy, Life.
1955: Howard Sochurek, Magnum for Life.