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]
| Year | Recipient | Awarded For | Organization |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Howard Sochurek | Magnum for Life | |
| 1956 | John Sadovy | Life | |
| 1958 | Paul Bruck | Coverage of Lebanon | CBS News |
| 1959 | Mario Biasetti | CBS News | |
| 1960 | Yung Su Kwon | Coverage of Japanese riots at the time of James Hagerty's arrival | NBC News |
| 1962 | Peter Dehmel and Klaus Dehmel | "The Tunnel" | NBC News |
| 1963 | Larry Burrows | Color photographs of Vietnam War | Life |
| 1964 | Horst Faas | Coverage of Vietnam | Associated Press |
| 1965 | Larry Burrows | Life | |
| 1966 | Henri Huet | Associated Press | |
| 1967 | David Douglas Duncan | Life and ABC News | |
| 1968 | John Olson | "The Battle That Regained and Ruined Huế" | Life |
| 1969 | Anonymous Czech Photographer (Later revealed to be Josef Koudelka) |
"A Death to Remember" | Look |
| 1970 | Kyoichi Sawada | United Press International | |
| 1971 | Larry Burrows | Life | |
| 1972 | Clive W. Limpkin | "Battle of Bogside" | Penguin Books |
| 1973 | David Burnett, Raymond Depardon, and Charles Gerretsen | "Chili" | Gamma Presse Images |
| 1974 | W. Eugene Smith | Camera 35 | |
| 1975 | Dirck Halstead | Coverage of Vietnam | Time |
| 1976 | Catherine Leroy | Coverage of street fighting in Beirut. | Gamma for Time |
| 1977 | Eddie Adams | "The Boat of No Smiles" (reporting on the Vietnamese boat people) | Associated Press |
| 1978 | Susan Meiselas | Time | |
| 1979 | Kaveh Golestan | Time | |
| 1980 | Steve McCurry | Time | |
| 1981 | Rudi Frey | Time | |
| 1982 | Harry Mattison | Time | |
| 1983 | James Nachtwey | "Lebanon" | Time |
| 1984 | James Nachtwey | "Photos of El Salvador" | Black Star for Time |
| 1985 | Peter Magubane | "Cry for Justice: Cry for Peace" | Time |
| 1986 | James Nachtwey | "Island at War" | Time/GEO (German edition) |
| 1987 | Janet Knott | "Democracy: What Price?" | The Boston Globe |
| 1988 | Chris Steele-Perkins | "Graveside Terror" | Magnum for Time |
| 1989 | David Turnley | "Revolutions in China and Romania" | Black Star for The Detroit Free Press |
| 1989 | Bruce Haley | Black Star for U.S. News & World Report | |
| 1991 | Christopher Morris | Black Star for Time | |
| 1992 | Luc Delahaye | "Sarajevo: Life in the War Zone" | Sipa Press |
| 1993 | Paul Watson | "Mogadishu" | The Toronto Star |
| 1994 | James Nachtwey | "Election Violence for South Africa" | Magnum for Time |
| 1995 | Anthony Suau | "Grozny: Russia's Nightmare" | Time |
| 1996 | Corinne Dufka | "Liberia: From a Dead Man's Wallet" | Reuters |
| 1997 | Horst Faas/Tim Page | "Requiem: By the Photographers Who Died in Vietnam and Indochina" | Random House |
| 1998 | James Nachtwey | "Indonesia: Descent into Madness" | Magnum for Time |
| 1999 | John Stanmeyer | "The Killing of Bernardino Guterres in Dili, East Timor" | SABA for Time |
| 2000 | Chris Anderson | "Desperate Passage" | Aurora for The New York Times Magazine, |
| 2001 | Luc Delahaye | "Afghanistan" | Magnum for Newsweek |
| 2002 | Carolyn Cole | "Church of the Nativity: In the Center of the Siege" | The Los Angeles Times |
| 2003 | Carolyn Cole | "Covering Conflict: Iraq and Liberia" | The Los Angeles Times |
| 2004 | Ashley Gilbertson | "The Battle for Fallujah" | Aurora for The New York Times |
| 2005 | Chris Hondros | "One Night In Tal Afar" | Getty Images |
| 2006 | Paolo Pellegrin | "True Pain: Israel & Hizbullah" | Magnum |
| 2007 | John Moore | "The Assassination of Benazir Bhutto" | Getty Images |
| 2008 | Shaul Schwarz | "Violence in Kenya following the December 2007 presidential election" | Getty Images |
| 2009 | Khalil Hamra | "War in Gaza" | Associated Press |
| 2010 | Agnes Dherbeys | Violence Erupts in Thailand | Freelance for The New York Times |