German Society for Photography

The German Society for Photography (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie, DGPh) is a German photography organisation, based in Cologne. It is concerned with the application of photography in art, science, education, journalism, economics and politics in cultural contexts.^[1]

The DGPh awards prizes for photographic achievements in keeping with its objectives. Its highest award is the Cultural Award (Kulturpreis).

The approximately 1000 appointed members of the DGPh organization come from all areas of photography and are renowned personalities from the German and international photography scene.

Culture Award

The Cultural Award (Kulturpreis [de]) was established in 1958. It recognizes achievements through photography, especially in the artistic, humanitarian, charitable, social, technical, educational or scientific fields. The prize consists of a certificate and a gold-framed optical lens designed by Ewald Mataré and is awarded annually to a living person as the highest honor of the German Society for Photography. Among the winners are scientists, inventors, writers, publishers, editors, lecturers, art directors and above all photographers from Germany and elsewhere.^[2]

Recipients

1959: Helmut Gernsheim and Robert Janker
1960: Fritz Brill and Albert Renger-Patzsch
1961: John Eggert, Hilmar Pabel, August Sander and Gustav Wilmanns^[3]
1962: Alfred Eisenstaedt and Otto Steinert
1963: Edith Weyde
1964: Fritz Kempe and Emil Schulthess
1965: Heinz Hajek-Halke and Felix H. Man
1966: Man Ray and Olexander Smakula
1967: Henri Cartier-Bresson and Edwin H. Land
1968: Bruno Uhl, Chargesheimer, Charlotte March and Thomas Hoepker
1969: Herbert Bayer and Hellmut Frieser
1970: Beaumont Newhall and Leo Fritz Gruber
1971: Dennis Gábor and Josef Svoboda
1972: Ernst Haas
1973: Walter Bruch, Leopold Godowsky Jr. and Gotthard Wolf
1974: Erwin Fieger and Willy Fleckhaus
1975: Search service of the German Red Cross
1976: Rosemarie Clausen and Regina Relang and Liselotte Strelow
1977: Wesley T. Hanson and Eberhard Klein
1978: Gisèle Freand
1979: Andor Kraszna-Krausz and Allan Porter and Wolf Strache
1980: Ludwig Bertele and J. A. Schmoll
1981: Harold Eugene Edgerton and Jesse Mitchell
1982: Eliot Porter and Reinhart Wolf
1983: Karl Pawek (posthumously^[4])
1984: Jacques Henri Lartigue
1985: Bernd and Hilla Becher
1986: Paul K. Weimer
1987: Irving Penn
1988: William Klein
1989: Paul B. Gilman and Erik Moisar and Tadaaki Tani
1990: Cornell Capa and Sue Davies and Anna Fárová
1991: Peter Keetman
1992: Evelyn Richter^[5]
1993: Lennart Nilsson
1994: Christine Frisinghelli and Manfred Willmann
1995: Mario Giacomelli
1996: Karl Lagerfeld^[6]
1997: David Hockney
1998: Andreas Feininger
1999: Gruppe fotoform with Siegfried Lauterwasser, Wolfgang Reisewitz and Toni Schneiders
2000: Robert Häusser
2001: F. C. Gandlach
2002: A. D. Coleman and Richard Misrach
2003: Wim Wenders and Mogens S. Koch
2004: Daidō Moriyama^[7]
2005: Wilfried Wiegand
2006: Ed Ruscha
2007: Sarah Moon and Robert Delpire
2008: Steven Sasson
2009: Wolfgang Tillmans
2010: Stephen Shore^[8]
2011: Klaus Honnef
2012: Manfred P. Kage
2013: Maryse Cordesse, Lucien Clergue, Jean-Maurice Rouquette, Michel Tournier
2014: Gottfried Jäger^[9]
2015: Trevor Paglen^[10]
2016: Lothar Schirmer
2017: Duane Michals^[11]
2018: Wolfgang Kemp

Otto Steinert Prize

The Otto Steinert Prize (Otto-Steinert-Preis [de]) is a biannual scholarship, established in 1979. It is given for a new photography project that will be completed within one year. The prize is 5000 Euros, which can also be shared. The scholarship is open to professional photographers as well as to photographers who are German or are permanently living in Germany. It is named after the photographer and educator Otto Steinert.^[12]

1979: Hermann Stamm, Kassel
1981: Heiner Blum, Kassel; Thomas Deutschmann, Auhagen; Jürgen Hocker, Gaby Winkler, Cologne; Andreas Horlitz, Essen; Holger Stumpf, Hamburg
1983: Thomas Berndt, Laatzen
1985: Wolfgang Zurborn, Dortmund
1987: Ulrich Görlich, Berlin
1989: Stefan Dolfen, Essen
1991: Gerard Saitner, Kassel
1993: Jitka Hanzlová, Essen
1995: Arwed Messmer, Berlin
1998: Katrin Thomas, New York
2000: Axel Boesten, Bochum
2002: Dirk Gebhardt, Cologne; Ralf Meyer, Kiel
2004: Lukas Roth, Cologne
2007: Maziar Moradi, Berlin
2009: Pepa Hristova, Hamburg
2011: Axel Hoedt, London
2013: Björn Siebert, Leipzig
2015: Georg Brückmann, Leipzig
2017: Ina Schoenenburg, Berlin

Dr. Erich Salomon Award

The Dr. Erich Salomon Award (Dr.-Erich-Salomon-Preis), established in 1971, is an annual award for photography in journalism.^[13] The prize consists of a certificate and a Leica M camera with a name engraving.^[14] It is named after the German photographer Erich Salomon.^[13]

Prize of the Science and Technology Section

The Prize of the Science and Technology Section (Preis der Sektion Wissenschaft und Technik), Established in 1966, it is a prize for research in the field of phototechnology.^[15] It was previously called the Robert Luther Prize.^[15] "As part of the restructuring of DGPh prices, this will be redefined and named shortly."^[15]

Recipients

1966: Klaus Biedermann, Munich for "Determination of the relationship between the subjective quality and the physical properties of the photographic image"
1968: Hans-Jörg Metz, Leverkusen for "The Depth of Exposure of Exposure in a Photographic Layer"
1969: Helmut Tributsch, Munich for "An Electrochemical Method for the Study of Spectral Sensitization and Heterogeneous Photochemical Reactions at ZnO Electrodes"
1971: Erwin Ranz, Leverkusen for "Development of the Equidensity Film 'Agfa-Contour'"
1973: Hans-Theo Buschmann, Leverkusen for "Research in the field of sharpness and granularity of photographic materials"
1974: Hans J. Einighammer, Mülheim an der Ruhr for "Optical integration methods to reduce the noise of photographic and X-ray astronomical applications"
1976: Fritz Habermalz, Tübingen for "Correction of Color Balance in Reverse Color Film Photomicrographs"
1978: Udo Bode, Frankfurt for "Spectral sensitization of the charge passage through the phase boundary zinc oxide electrolyte"
1981: Josef Schneider, Munich for "Structure, Decay, and Spectral Characteristics of Exposure-Induced Absorption Centers in Silver Bromide Model Emulsions"
1989: Wolfgang Schmidt, Leverkusen for "Solid-State Chemical Processes in the Production of Photographic Emulsions"
1993: Gerald Hegenbart, Neu-Isenburg for "Atomic Structure Study of AgBr Crystal Surfaces by Atomic Force Microscopy"; Dirk Hertel, Dresden for "Studies on the image quality of photographic layers by means of optoelectronic image sensors"; Thomas Muessig-Pabst, Neu-Isenburg for "The microwave absorption - a meaningful method for the characterization of silver halide systems"
1995: Jörg Siegel, Leverkusen for "Investigations on the influence of absorbents on the concentration of interstitial silver ions in the AgBr microcrystals of photographic emulsions"
2009: Gerhard Bonnet, Waldfischbach Castle albums for "Development of SpheroCam HDR Full Spherical Camera System"
2014: Philipp Sandhaus, Oldenburg and Christoph Voges, Brunswick

German Camera Award

The German Camera Award (Deutscher Kamerapreis [de]) is awarded by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk, the City of Cologne and the German Society for Photography. It was established in 1982 as a biannual award for achievements in the field of camera work for film and television. Since 1990, scenic and documentary editing has also been awarded. Since 2001 it has been awarded annually.

The German Camera Award has been awarded in various categories, some of which have been modified from year to year, for the areas of camera and editing. The most significant categories are "feature film", "television film" and "honorary cameraman" (since 1994).

Recipients

History of Photography Research Award

The History of Photography Research Award (Forschungspreis Photographiegeschichte), established in 1978, is an award for scientific research into the history and theory of photography.^[16] Until 2010 it was known as the Erich-Stenger Prize.^[16]

Recipients

1978: Heinz Gebhardt – Royal Bavarian Photography. 1838-1918
1979: Fritz Kempe – Daguerreotype in Germany
1980: Dr. Ursula Peters – style history of photography in Germany
1981: Dr. Ulrich Keller, Gunther Sander – August Sander. People of the 20th century
1984: Martina Mettner – A Sociological Analysis of German Artistic Photography in the 70s
1986: Gerhard Glüher – Photograph at the Bauhaus
1988: Dorothea Ritter – Venice Paintings in the 19th Century. A perception-historical investigation with special consideration of the photograph
1990: Ludger Derenthal – On a History of Photography in Germany from 1945 to 1953
1992: Dorothea Peters – Meisenbach, Riffarth & Co - On the Image Production of a Graphic Arts Institution at the Turn of the Century
1994: Ute Wrocklage – Photography of the concentration camps
1996: Dr. P. Brinkemper – Erich Stenger - a collector and his understanding
2000: Dr. Marianne Bieger-Thielemann – The effect of important conferences and congresses of the DGPh since 1951
2002: Dr. Matthias Harder – Greek temple architecture as a photographic staging
2005 / 2006: Dr. Christiane Stahl – Alfred Ehrhardt - natural philosopher with the camera. Landscapes and natural objects in photography from 1933 to 1947
2008: Dr. Angela Matyssek – art history as a photographic practice. Richard Hamann and photo Marburg
2010: Dr. Jan von Brevern – Deferred images. Photography and geology around 1850 "
2012: Dr. Estelle Blaschke – Photography and the Commodification of Images. The Bettmann Archive and Corbis (circa 1924-present)
2014: Prof. Dr. Steffen Siegel – New light. Daguerre, Talbot and the publication of photography in 1839
2016: Dr. Katharina Steidl – On the edge of photography. A medial history of the photogram in the 19th century
2018: Kathrin Schönegg – Photography history of abstraction

Prize for Science Photography

The Prize for Science Photography (Preis für Wissenschaftsphotographie) is awarded for work that documents a scientific (including medicine) topic or artistically deals with a scientific topic.^[17] Prior to 2017 the prize was called the Herbert Schober Prize,^[18] after the founder and first chairman of DGPh's section for medical and scientific photography in 1957.^[19]

Recipients

2017: Bochum Jannis Wiebusch^[19]

Education Award

The Education Award (Bildungspreis) was established in 2013. It is awarded for innovative and sustainable projects as well as scientific papers with practical relevance. These include cultural and museum educational initiatives in which photography is discussed or used, as well as medial educational offerings on photography as well as school and extracurricular activities. The prize is 1000 Euros.^[20]

Publications

Otto-Steinert-Preis 1979 - 1998: Ausstellung zur Photokina 1998, 16. 9. – 21. 9. 1998. Cologne: Locher, 1998. By Tina Schelhorn. ISBN 9783930054329.
Zeitprofile: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie: German Society for Photography. Göttingen: Steidl, 2014. ISBN 978-3869307497.