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Given since 1942, the Pulitzer Prize for Photography was divided in 1968 into the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography and the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography.
•1942: Milton Brooks of Detroit News, for his photo Ford Strikers Riot.
•1943: Frank Noel of the Associated Press, for his photo Water!
•1944: Earle L. Bunker of World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), for his photo Homecoming.
•1944: Frank Filan of the Associated Press, for his photo Tarawa Island.
•1945: Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press, for his photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
•1946: no award.
•1947: Arnold Hardy, amateur photographer, Atlanta, for his photo of a woman leaping from a fire in the Winecoff Hotel (she survived), distributed by the Associated Press.
•1948: Frank Cushing of Boston Traveler, for his photo Boy Gunman and Hostage.
•1949: Nathaniel Fein of New York Herald-Tribune, for his photo Babe Ruth Bows Out.
•1950: Bill Crouch of Oakland Tribune, for his picture Near Collision at Air Show.
•1951: Max Desfor of Associated Press, for his photographic coverage of the Korean War, an outstanding example of which is "Flight of Refugees across Wrecked Bridge in Korea."
•1952: John Robinson and Don Ultang of the Des Moines Register for their sequence of six pictures of the Drake University-Oklahoma A & M football game of October 20, 1951, in which player Johnny Bright's jaw was broken.
•1953: William M. Gallagher of the Flint (Mich.) Journal for a photo of ex-Governor Adlai Stevenson with a hole in his shoe taken during the 1952 Presidential Campaign.
•1954: Mrs. Walter M. Schau, an amateur from San Anselmo, California, for snapping a thrilling rescue at Redding, California, the picture being published in The Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal and other newspapers and nationally distributed by the Associated Press.
•1955: John L. Gaunt, Jr. of the Los Angeles Times for a photo that is poignant and profoundly moving, Tragedy by the Sea, showing a young couple standing together beside an angry sea in which only a few minutes earlier their year-old son had perished.
•1956: Staff of the New York Daily News for its consistently excellent news picture coverage in 1955, an outstanding example of which is its photo Bomber Crashes in Street.
•1957: Harry A. Trask of Boston Traveler for his dramatic and outstanding photographic sequence of the sinking of the liner Andrea Doria, the pictures being taken from an airplane flying at a height of 75 feet only nine minutes before the ship plunged to the bottom. (The second picture in the sequence is cited as the key photograph.)
•1958: William C. Beall of the Washington Daily News (Washington, D.C.) for his photograph Faith and Confidence, showing a policeman patiently reasoning with two-year-old boy trying to cross a street during a parade.
•1959: William Seaman of the Minneapolis Star for his dramatic photograph of the sudden death of a child in the street.
•1960: Andrew Lopez of United Press International for his series of four photographs of a corporal, formerly of Dictator Batista's army, who was executed by a Castro firing squad, the principal picture showing the condemned man receiving last rites.
•1961: Yasushi Nagao of Mainichi Shimbun (Tokyo) for his photograph Tokyo Stabbing, distributed by United Press International and widely printed in American newspapers.
•1962: Paul Vathis of the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, bureau of the Associated Press, for the photograph Serious Steps, published April 22, 1961.
•1963: Hector Rondon of La Republica (Caracas, Venezuela), for his remarkable picture of a priest holding a wounded soldier in the 1962 Venezuelan insurrection: Aid From The Padre. The photograph was distributed by the Associated Press.
•1964: Robert H. Jackson of the Dallas Times-Herald, for his photograph of Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald.
•1965: Horst Faas of the Associated Press, for his combat photography of the war in South Vietnam during 1964.
•1966: Kyoichi Sawada of United Press International, for his combat photography of the war in Vietnam War during 1965.
•1967: Jack R. Thornell of Associated Press New Orleans bureau for his picture of the shooting of James Meredith in Mississippi by a roadside rifleman.
The Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography, has been awarded since 2000. Before 1968, there was only one photography category, the Pulitzer Prize for Photography, which was divided into the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography (later renamed breaking news) and feature categories.
The list of winners:
* 1968: Toshio Sakai, United Press International, for his Vietnam War combat photograph, "Dreams of Better Times."
* 1969: Moneta Sleet Jr. of Ebony magazine, for his photograph of Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow and child, taken at Dr. King's funeral.
* 1970: Dallas Kinney, Palm Beach Post (Florida), for his portfolio of pictures of Florida migrant workers, "Migration to Misery."
* 1971: Jack Dykinga, Chicago Sun-Times, for his dramatic and sensitive photographs at the Lincoln and Dixon State Schools for the Retarded in Illinois.
* 1972: David Hume Kennerly, United Press International, for his dramatic photographs of the Vietnam War in 1971.
* 1973: Brian Lanker, Topeka Capital-Journal, for his sequence on child birth, as exemplified by his photograph, "Moment of Life."
* 1974: Slava Veder, Associated Press, for his picture of the return of an American prisoner of war from captivity in North Vietnam.
* 1975: Matthew Lewis, Washington Post, for his photographs in color and black and white.
* 1976: Photographic staff of the Louisville Courier-Journal and Times, for a comprehensive pictorial report on busing in Louisville's schools.
* 1977: Robin Hood, Chattanooga News-Free Press, for his photograph of a disabled veteran and his child at an Armed Forces Day parade.
* 1978: J. Ross Baughman, Associated Press, for three photographs from guerrilla areas in Rhodesia.
* 1979: Staff photographers of the Boston Herald American, for photographic coverage of the blizzard of 1978.
* 1980: Erwin H. Hagler, Dallas Times Herald, for a series on the Western cowboy.
* 1981: Taro M. Yamasaki, Detroit Free Press, for his photographs of Jackson State Prison, Michigan.
* 1982: John H. White, Chicago Sun-Times, for consistently excellent work on a variety of subjects.
* 1983: James B. Dickman, Dallas Times Herald, for his telling photographs of life and death in El Salvador.
* 1984: Anthony Suau, The Denver Post, 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.
* 1985: Stan Grossfeld, Boston Globe, for his series of photographs of the famine in Ethiopia and for his pictures of illegal aliens on the U.S.-Mexico border.
* 1986: Tom Gralish, The Philadelphia Inquirer, for his series of photographs of Philadelphia's homeless.
* 1987: David C. Peterson, Des Moines Register, for his photographs depicting the shattered dreams of American farmers.
* 1988: Michel duCille, Miami Herald, for photographs portraying the decay and subsequent rehabilitation of a housing project overrun by the drug crack.
* 1989: Manny Crisostomo, Detroit Free Press, for his series of photographs. depicting student life at Southwestern High School in Detroit.
* 1990: David C. Turnley, Detroit Free Press, for photographs of the political uprisings in China and Eastern Europe.
* 1991: William Snyder, The Dallas Morning News, for his photographs of ill and orphaned children living in subhuman conditions in Romania.
* 1992: John Kaplan, Block Newspapers, Toledo, Ohio, for his photographs depicting the diverse lifestyles of seven 21-year-olds across the United States.
* 1993: Staff of Associated Press, for its portfolio of images drawn from the 1992 presidential campaign.
* 1994: Kevin Carter, a free-lance photographer, 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.
* 1995: Staff of Associated Press, for its portfolio of photographs chronicling the horror and devastation in Rwanda.
* 1996: Stephanie Welsh, a free-lancer, for her shocking sequence of photos, published by Newhouse News Service, of a female circumcision rite in Kenya.
* 1997: Alexander Zemlianichenko, Associated Press, for his photograph of Russian President Boris Yeltsin dancing at a rock concert during his campaign for re-election. This was originally nominated in the Spot News Photography section, but was moved by the board to Feature Photography.
* 1998: Clarence Williams, Los Angeles Times, for his powerful images documenting the plight of young children with parents addicted to alcohol and drugs.
* 1999: Staff of 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.
* 2000: Carol Guzy, Michael Williamson and Lucian Perkins, Washington Post, for their intimate and poignant images depicting the plight of the Kosovo refugees.
* 2001: Matt Rainey, Star-Ledger (New Jersey), for his emotional photographs that illustrate the care and recovery of two students critically burned in a dormitory fire at Seton Hall University.
* 2002: The New York Times staff, for its photographs chronicling the pain and the perseverance of people enduring protracted conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
* 2003: Don Bartletti, Los Angeles Times, for his memorable portrayal of how undocumented Central American youths, often facing deadly danger, travel north to the United States.
* 2004: Carolyn Cole, Los Angeles Times, 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.
* 2005: Deanne Fitzmaurice, San Francisco Chronicle, for her sensitive photo essay on an Oakland hospital's effort to mend an Iraqi boy nearly killed by an explosion. View photo essay.
* 2006: Todd Heisler of Rocky Mountain News, for his haunting, behind-the-scenes look at funerals for Colorado Marines who return from Iraq in caskets.
•2000: Photographic staff of the Denver Rocky Mountain News, for its photographic coverage of students following the shooting at Columbine High School near Denver.
•2001: Alan Diaz, Associated Press, for his photograph of federal agents removing Elián González from his uncle's home.
•2002: Staff of The New York Times, for its coverage of the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center.
•2003: Photographic staff of the Rocky Mountain News, for its powerful, imaginative coverage of Colorado's raging forest fires.
•2004: David Leeson and Cheryl Diaz Meyer, The Dallas Morning News, for their eloquent photographs depicting both the violence and poignancy of the war with Iraq.
•2005: Associated Press staff, for its stunning series of photographs of bloody yearlong combat inside Iraqi cities.
•2006: Staff of Dallas Morning News, for its vivid photographs depicting the chaos and pain after Hurricane Katrina engulfed New Orleans.