Year

Award

Recipients' Name

2000

International Award

Jean-Claude Lemagny

Cultural Advancement Award

Kenro IZU and the Friends without a
Border,
The Japan Photo Culture Association

Distinguished
Contributions Award

Takao KAJIWARA, Kon SASAKI

Annual Award

Iwanami Shoten, Ryoichi SAITO

Newcomer's Award

Arata DODO, Toshiya MOMOSE

2001

International Award

Mark HOLBORN

Distinguished
Contributions Award

Iwao OGURA, Takashi KIJIMA,
Koichi NAKAI

Annual Award

Tsuneo ENARI, Teruo OKAI,
Kishin SHINOYAMA

Newcomer's Award

Masataka NAKANO, Masaki HIRANO

Special Award

Shotaro AKIYAMA

2002

International Award

Fosco MARAINI

Cultural Advancement Award

Michiko KASAHARA,
SapporoCity Photo Library

Distinguished
Contributions Award

Hiroo TSUZUKI, Kazuo NISHII,
Ieyoshi MIHORI

Annual Award

Satoshi KURIBAYASHI,
Hiroshi SUGIMOTO, Hiromi NAGAKURA

Newcomer's Award

Yuki ONODERA, Rinko KAWAUCHI

Special Award

Eikoh HOSOE

2003

International Award

Sebastião SALGADO

Cultural Advancement Award

Etsuro ISHIHARA, GuardianGarden

Distinguished
Contributions Award

Kunika TODORIKI, Senzo YOSHIOKA

Annual Award

Naoya HATAKEYAMA,
Taishi HIROKAWA, Ryuichi HIROKAWA

Newcomer's Award

Yasuaki KAGII, Haruto MAEDA,
Hiroaki YOSHINO

Special Award

Nikakai Association of Photographers

2004

International Award

Kim Seung-kon

Cultural Advancement Award

KiyosatoMuseum of Photographic Arts,
AichiVillage-NaganoPrefecture and
The Preservation Society for Photographs
of Motoichi Kumagai

Distinguished
Contributions Award

Yoshikatsu SAEKI, Kenzo YAMAMOTO

Annual Award

Hiroo KIKAI, Toshinobu TAKEUCHI

Lifetime Achievement Award

Junichi OHTA, Daido MORIYAMA

Scholastic
Achievement Award

Eiko IMAHASHI

Newcomer's Award

Gentaro ISHIZUKA, Kiyoshi YAGI

2005

International Award

Anne Wilkes Tucker

Cultural Advancement Award

The Documentary Photo Festival Miyazaki

Distinguished
Contributions Award

Shomei TOMATSU,Ikko NARAHARA

Annual Award

Mitsuhiko IMAMORI, Kenichi KOMATSU

Lifetime Achievement Award

Akira KINOSHITA, Eiichiro SAKATA

Newcomer's Award

Shoin KAJII, Kunihiko KATSUMATA,
Ken MORISAWA

Special Award

Tadaaki TANI

2006

International Award

The EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee

Cultural Advancement Award

The ShojiUedaMuseum of Photography,
The General Photography Festival "PhotoCitySagamihara" Committee

Distinguished
Contributions Award

Shigeichi NAGANO,
Masaaki NISHIMIYA

Annual Award

Hideaki UCHIYAMA

Lifetime Achievement Award

Miyako ISHIUCHI

Scholastic
Achievement Award

Teruo OKAI

Newcomer's Award

Masako OGURI, Koji ONAKA,
Kensuke KAZAMA

2007

International Award

Terry BENNETT

Cultural Advancement Award

IidaCity, The Kyoto Photography Club
"How are you, PHOTOGRAPHY?"
Committee

Distinguished
Contributions Award

Minoru OHNISHI, Goro KURAMOCHI,
Yoho TSUDA

Annual Award

Ikuo NAKAMURA

Lifetime Achievement Award

Yoshimitsu NAGASAKA,
Akito MIZUTANI

Scholastic
Achievement Award

Yuri MITSUDA

Newcomer' Award

Ken KITANO, Kazutoshi YOSHIMURA

Special Award

J. Wally HIGGINS

2008

International Award

Martin PARR

Cultural Advancement Award

Sokyusha

Distinguished
Contributions Award

Kenichi HONDA

Annual Award

Risaku SUZUKI, Ryuichiro SUZUKI,
Masato SATO

Lifetime Achievement Award

Shimpei ASAI, Bishin JUMONJI

Scholastic
Achievement Award

Masafumi FUKAGAWA

Newcomer's Award

Naoki ISHIKAWA,
Takayuki MAEKAWA,
Toshihiro YASHIRO

Special Award

Toshiro SHIMOYAMA

2009

International Award

Teizo UMEZU

Distinguished
Contributions Award

Ichiro UENO, Norihiko MATSUMOTO

Lifetime Achievement Award

Toshio SHIBATA

Scholastic
Achievement Award

Kotaro IIZAWA

Newcomer's Award

Yasuhiro OGAWA, Shintaro SATO

2010

Distinguished
Contributions Award

Tsuguo TADA, Osam HIRAKI,
Mayumi MORIYAMA

Lifetime Achievement Award

Yukio OHYAMA, Keizo KITAJIMA,
Yoshihiro TATSUKI

Scholastic
Achievement Award

Keisho ISHIGURO, Ryuichi KANEKO

Newcomer's Award

Keiko SASAOKA, Aya Fujioka

International Award

Chris Pichler

Distinguished
Contributions Award

Keiichi KIMURA, Tsuneko SASAMOTO, Yoshiharu FUKUHARA

Lifetime Achievement Award

Kikuji KAWADA, Yasumasa MORIMURA, Herbie YAMAGUCHI

Scholastic
Achievement Award

Shino KURAISHI

Newcomer's Award

Ryo OHWADA, Toshiya MURAKOSHI

International Award

Kyoko YAMAGISHI

Distinguished
Contributions Award

Keisuke KUMAKIRI, Koji TAKI, Tatsuo FUKUSHIM, Osamu MURAI

Lifetime Achievement Award

Bon ISHIKAWA, Yutaka TAKANASHIi,Takashi HOMMA

Scholastic
Achievement Award

Akiko OKATSUKA

Newcomer's Award

Kentaro KUMON,Asako SAITO

Lifetime Achievement Award

Kazuo KITAI,Seiichi MOTOHASHI

Newcomer's Award

Sohei NISHINO,Tamaki YURA

Scholastic Achievement Award

Osamu UENO

Distinguished Contributions Award

Shigeru CHATANI,Minoru YAMADA

Lifetime Achievement Award

Yoshihiko UEDA,Issei SUDA

Newcomer's Award

Harumichi SAITO,Tetsuro SHIMIZU

International Award

Kazuyoshi NOMACHI

Distinguished Contributions Award

Souichi KUBO,Takeyoshi TANUMA

Scholastic Achievement Award

Noriko TSUTATANI

Lifetime Achievement Award

HARA Yoshiichi,MINAMIKAWA Sanjiro

Newcomer's Award

ISHIAWA Ryuichi,NAKAI Seiya

International Award

Simon BAKER

Distinguished Contributions Award

KAWAGUCHI Kunio,TSUBAYAMA Eiji

Scholastic Achievement Award

SHIRAYAMA Mari

Lifetime Achievement Award

HATAKEYAMA Naoya,YAMAGISHI Shin

Newcomer's Award

ARAI Takashi,HATSUZAWA Ari

International Award

CHOI In Jin and translation team of The History of Korean Photography 1631-1945

Distinguished Contributions Award

KUWABARA Shisei, SHASHINKOSHA INC. (YANAGISAWA Takuji),HIROTA Naotaka

Scholastic Achievement Award

KOHARA Masafumi

Lifetime Achievement Award

ARIMOTO Shinya, OHNISHI Mitsugu

Newcomer's Award

TURUSAKI Moyuru,YOKOTA Daisuke

International Award

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Distinguished Contributions Award

ENARI Tsuneo

Scholastic Achievement Award

TAKAHASHI Shigemi,TORIHARA Manabu

Lifetime Achievement Award

USHIODA Tokuko

Newcomer's Award

OKUYAMA Atsushi ,SATO Takehiko

International Award

Sandra PHILLIPS

Distinguished Contributions Award

SAITO Toshio,NIKON SALON

Curatorial Award

TAKEBA Jyo

Lifetime Achievement Award

ISHIKAWA Mao

Newcomer's Award

INBE kawori,MINEMIZU Ryo

International Award

Manfred Heiting / KANEKO Ryuichi "THE JAPANESE PHOTOBOOK ; 1912-1990"

Distinguished Contributions Award

TOMIOKA Keiso,HARA Naohisa

Curatorial Award

MINATO Chihiro

Lifetime Achievement Award

ISHIKAWA Naoki

Newcomer’s Award

IKEDA Hiroshi,GOTO AKI

International Award

Mark PEARSON

Distinguished Contributions Award

MIYAZAWA Koichi , Japan Alpine Photographers Association

Curatorial Award

TANI Akiyoshi

Lifetime Achievement Award

KON Michiko

Newcomer’s Award

TAGAWA Motonari

International Award

OHTA Naoko , RongRong&inri

Distinguished Contributions Award

TSUCHIDA Hiromi , Benrido, Inc.

Curatorial Award

KAI Yoshiaki , NAGASHIMA Yurie

Lifetime Achievement Award

KASAI Chikashi

Newcome's Award

NAKAI Nao

International Award

ISHIWATA Maya , KYOTOGRAPHIE

Distinguished Contributions Award

DODO Shunji , NEW COSMOS OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Curatorial Award

OHYAMA Ken , Sha Shin Magazine