Pulitzer Prize for Photography

There were 26 Photography prizes awarded in 26 years, including two in 1944 (for 1943 work) and none in 1946. • Year — Image — Name(s) — Publication — Rationale • 1942 — — Milton — The Detroit News — "for his photo entitled, 'Ford Strikers Riot.'" • 1943 — — Frank — Associated Press — "for his photo entitled, 'Water!' serviced by the AP." • 1944 — — Earle — Omaha World-Herald — "for his photo entitled, 'Homecoming.'" • — Frank — Associated Press — "for his photo entitled, 'Tarawa Island,' serviced by the AP." • 1945 — — Joe — Associated Press — "for his photograph of the Marines planting the American flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima." • 1946 — No award • 1947 — — Arnold — Associated Press — "for his photo of a woman falling from a burning hotel, distributed by the AP." • 1948 — — Frank — Boston Traveller — "for his photo, 'Boy Gunman and Hostage.'" • 1949 — — Nat — New York Herald Tribune — "for his photo, 'Babe Ruth Bows Out.'" • 1950 — — Bill — Oakland Tribune — "for his picture, 'Near Collision at Air Show.'" • 1951 — — Max — 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 — The Des Moines Register — "for their sequence of 6 pictures of the Drake-Oklahoma A&M football game of October 20, 1951, in which player Johnny Bright's jaw was broken." • Don • 1953 — — William M. — The Flint Journal — "for a photo of ex-Governor Adlai E. Stevenson with a hole in his shoe taken during the 1952 presidential campaign." • 1954 — — Virginia — Akron Beacon Journal — "for snapping a thrilling rescue at Redding, California, the picture being published in the Akron Beacon Journal and other newspapers and nationally distributed by the AP." • 1955 — — John L. — Los Angeles Times — "for a photo that is poignant and profoundly moving, entitled, '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 — 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. — Boston Traveller — "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. — The Washington Daily News — "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 — The Minnesota Star Tribune — "for his dramatic photograph of the sudden death of a child in the street." • 1960 — — Andrew — 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 — Mainichi Shimbun — "for his photograph, 'Tokyo Stabbing,' distributed by United Press International and widely printed in American newspapers." • 1962 — — Paul — Associated Press — "for the photograph, 'Serious Steps,' published April 22, 1961." • 1963 — — Héctor — La República — "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. — Dallas Times Herald — "for his photograph of the murder of Lee Oswald by Jack Ruby." • 1965 — — Horst — Associated Press — "for his combat photography of the war in South Vietnam during 1964." • 1966 — — Kyōichi — United Press International — "for his combat photography of the war in Vietnam during 1965." • 1967 — — Jack R. — Associated Press — "for his picture of the shooting of James Meredith in Mississippi by a roadside rifleman."