Nikon-Walkley Australian Press Photographer of the Year

The Nikon-Walkley Australian Press Photographer of the Year, or Nikon-Walkley Press Photographer of the Year^[1] is awarded to the photographer whose body of work is considered the best in the country for that year. It recognises newsworthiness, impact, technical superiority, creativity and originality in news photography.^[2]

The annual Nikon-Walkley Photographic Awards are the highest honour for Australian press photographers. They represent the pinnacle of achievement and are judged by a panel of senior photographers and picture editors across the industry.^{[citation needed]}

It was first awarded in 1969 as a separate award, but in 2000 merged with the Walkley Awards to create the current prize.^{[citation needed]}

Partial list of winners:

Year	Recipient(s)	Story/Issue	Publisher	Source
1965	Jim Fenwick	Kaptain Neilson disaster	The Courier Mail
1969	Barrie Ward		The Daily Mirror
1970	Ted Golding		The Sydney Morning Herald
1971	Mervyn Bishop		The Sydney Morning Herald
1972	Bill McAuley		The Daily Telegraph
1973	John Lamb
1974
1975	Ken Rainsbury		The Herald
1976
1977	John Casamento
1978	Kenneth (Rick) Stevens		The Sydney Morning Herald
1979	John Lamb
1980	Jim Fenwick		The Courier Mail
1981	Stuart Riley		The Courier Mail
1982	Paul Mathews		The Sydney Morning Herald
1983
1984
1985	Peter O'Halloran
1986	Paul Wright		The Sydney Morning Herald
1987	Michael Amendolia
1988	Kenneth (Rick) Stevens		Freelance
1989	Paul Mathews		The Sydney Morning Herald
1990
1991
1992	Kevin Bull		"The Advertiser Adelaide"
1993
1994	Dean Sewell		The Sydney Morning Herald
1995	Jack Atley		The Age
1996
1997	Craig Borrow		Herald Sun
1998	Dean Sewell		The Sydney Morning Herald
1999	Jason South		The Age
2000	Grant Turner		The Daily Telegraph	[3]
2001	Phil Hillyard	Portfolio	The Advertiser	[3]
2002	Nick Moir		The Sydney Morning Herald	[3]
2003	Jason South	Iraq	The Age	[3]
2004	Adam Pretty	Athens Olympics Essay	Getty Images	[3]
2005	Renee Nowytarger		The Australian	[3]
2006	Kate Geraghty		Sydney Morning Herald	[3]
2007	Kate Geraghty	John Elliot	Sydney Morning Herald	[3]
2008	David Gray		Reuters	[3]
2009	Renee Nowytarger		The Australian	[3]
2010	Jason South		The Age	[3]
2011	Phil Hillyard		The Daily Telegraph	[3]
2012	Justin McManus		The Age	[3]
2013	Kate Geraghty		Fairfax Media	[3]
2014	Andrew Quilty		Oculi	[3]
2015	Gary Ramage		News Corp Australia	[3]
2016	Alex Coppel		Herald Sun	[3]
2017	Kate Geraghty		Fairfax Media	[3]
2018	Dean Lewins		NBCnews.com, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Guardian, The Australian and Time	[4]
2019	Chris McGrath		Getty Images	[5]
2020	Matthew Abbott		The New York Times	[6]
2021	Alex Coppel		Herald Sun, The Daily Telegraph and The Courier-Mail	[7]
2022	Brendan Esposito		ABC	[8]

See also

• Walkley Awards