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Photographic Society of Japan Awards
Since the Photographic Society of Japan was established in 1952, the society is
annually presenting Photographic Society of Japan Awards on June 1st, the Annual Day of Photography, to people whose achievements in activities related to
photographic culture in Japan was outstanding or who published exceptional
photographic works or essays. Awards are presented in the following five
categories;
International Award
For individuals or groups, inside or outside Japan, who have made distinguished
contributions to Japanese photography.
Distinguished Contributions Award
For individuals or groups with long careers of distinguished contributions to
Japanese photography.
Lifetime Achievement Award
For individuals in Japan who have consistently produced outstanding photographic works over an extended period.
Scholastic Achievement Award
For individuals or groups in Japan who have published outstanding works of
photographic criticism or made other outstanding contributions to photographic
scholarship.
Newcomer's Award
For hopeful new photographers who have produced outstanding photographs.
Recent Award Recipients
Year |
Award |
Recipients' Name |
2000 |
International Award |
Jean-Claude Lemagny |
Cultural Advancement Award |
Kenro IZU and the Friends without a |
|
Distinguished |
Takao KAJIWARA, Kon SASAKI |
|
Annual Award |
Iwanami Shoten, Ryoichi SAITO |
|
Newcomer's Award |
Arata DODO, Toshiya MOMOSE |
|
2001 |
International Award |
Mark HOLBORN |
Distinguished |
Iwao OGURA, Takashi KIJIMA, |
|
Annual Award |
Tsuneo ENARI, Teruo OKAI, |
|
Newcomer's Award |
Masataka NAKANO, Masaki HIRANO |
|
Special Award |
Shotaro AKIYAMA |
|
2002 |
International Award |
Fosco MARAINI |
Cultural Advancement Award |
Michiko KASAHARA, |
|
Distinguished |
Hiroo TSUZUKI, Kazuo NISHII, |
|
Annual Award |
Satoshi KURIBAYASHI, |
|
Newcomer's Award |
Yuki ONODERA, Rinko KAWAUCHI |
|
Special Award |
Eikoh HOSOE |
|
2003 |
International Award |
Sebastião SALGADO |
Cultural Advancement Award |
Etsuro ISHIHARA, GuardianGarden |
|
Distinguished |
Kunika TODORIKI, Senzo YOSHIOKA |
|
Annual Award |
Naoya HATAKEYAMA, |
|
Newcomer's Award |
Yasuaki KAGII, Haruto MAEDA, |
|
Special Award |
Nikakai Association of Photographers |
|
2004 |
International Award |
Kim Seung-kon |
Cultural Advancement Award |
KiyosatoMuseum of Photographic Arts, |
|
Distinguished |
Yoshikatsu SAEKI, Kenzo YAMAMOTO |
|
Annual Award |
Hiroo KIKAI, Toshinobu TAKEUCHI |
|
Lifetime Achievement Award |
Junichi OHTA, Daido MORIYAMA |
|
Scholastic |
Eiko IMAHASHI |
|
Newcomer's Award |
Gentaro ISHIZUKA, Kiyoshi YAGI |
|
2005 |
International Award |
Anne Wilkes Tucker |
Cultural Advancement Award |
The Documentary Photo Festival Miyazaki |
|
Distinguished |
Shomei TOMATSU,Ikko NARAHARA |
|
Annual Award |
Mitsuhiko IMAMORI, Kenichi KOMATSU |
|
Lifetime Achievement Award |
Akira KINOSHITA, Eiichiro SAKATA |
|
Newcomer's Award |
Shoin KAJII, Kunihiko KATSUMATA, |
|
Special Award |
Tadaaki TANI |
|
2006 |
International Award |
The EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee |
Cultural Advancement Award |
The ShojiUedaMuseum of Photography, |
|
Distinguished |
Shigeichi NAGANO, |
|
Annual Award |
Hideaki UCHIYAMA |
|
Lifetime Achievement Award |
Miyako ISHIUCHI |
|
Scholastic |
Teruo OKAI |
|
Newcomer's Award |
Masako OGURI, Koji ONAKA, |
|
2007 |
International Award |
Terry BENNETT |
Cultural Advancement Award |
IidaCity, The Kyoto Photography Club |
|
Distinguished |
Minoru OHNISHI, Goro KURAMOCHI, |
|
Annual Award |
Ikuo NAKAMURA |
|
Lifetime Achievement Award |
Yoshimitsu NAGASAKA, |
|
Scholastic |
Yuri MITSUDA |
|
Newcomer' Award |
Ken KITANO, Kazutoshi YOSHIMURA |
|
Special Award |
J. Wally HIGGINS |
|
2008 |
International Award |
Martin PARR |
Cultural Advancement Award |
Sokyusha |
|
Distinguished |
Kenichi HONDA |
|
Annual Award |
Risaku SUZUKI, Ryuichiro SUZUKI, |
|
Lifetime Achievement Award |
Shimpei ASAI, Bishin JUMONJI |
|
Scholastic |
Masafumi FUKAGAWA |
|
Newcomer's Award |
Naoki ISHIKAWA, |
|
Special Award |
Toshiro SHIMOYAMA |
|
2009 |
International Award |
Teizo UMEZU |
Distinguished |
Ichiro UENO, Norihiko MATSUMOTO |
|
Lifetime Achievement Award |
Toshio SHIBATA |
|
Scholastic |
Kotaro IIZAWA |
|
Newcomer's Award |
Yasuhiro OGAWA, Shintaro SATO |
|
2010 |
Distinguished |
Tsuguo TADA, Osam HIRAKI, |
Lifetime Achievement Award |
Yukio OHYAMA, Keizo KITAJIMA, |
|
Scholastic |
Keisho ISHIGURO, Ryuichi KANEKO |
|
Newcomer's Award |
Keiko SASAOKA, Aya Fujioka |
|
2011 |
International Award |
Chris Pichler |
Distinguished |
Keiichi KIMURA, Tsuneko SASAMOTO, Yoshiharu FUKUHARA |
|
Lifetime Achievement Award |
Kikuji KAWADA, Yasumasa MORIMURA, Herbie YAMAGUCHI |
|
Scholastic |
Shino KURAISHI | |
Newcomer's Award |
Ryo OHWADA, Toshiya MURAKOSHI | |
2012 |
International Award | Kyoko YAMAGISHI |
Distinguished |
Keisuke KUMAKIRI, Koji TAKI, Tatsuo FUKUSHIM, Osamu MURAI | |
Lifetime Achievement Award |
Bon ISHIKAWA, Yutaka TAKANASHIi,Takashi HOMMA | |
Scholastic |
Akiko OKATSUKA | |
Newcomer's Award |
Kentaro KUMON,Asako SAITO | |
2013 |
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 | |
2014 |
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 | |
2015 |
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 | |
2016 |
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 | |
2017 |
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 | |
2018 |
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 | |
2019 |
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 | |
2020 |
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 |
