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1968: Toshio Sakai, United Press International, for his Vietnam War combat photograph, "Dreams of Better Times"

1969: Moneta Sleet Jr. of Ebony magazine, for his photograph of Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow and child, taken at Dr. King's funeral.

1970: Dallas Kinney, Palm Beach Post (Florida), for his portfolio of pictures of Florida migrant workers, "Migration to Misery."

1971: Jack Dykinga, Chicago Sun-Times, for his dramatic and sensitive photographs at the Lincoln and Dixon State Schools for the Retarded in Illinois.

1972: David Hume Kennerly, United Press International, for his dramatic photographs of the Vietnam War in 1971.

1973: Brian Lanker, Topeka Capital-Journal, for his sequence on child birth, as exemplified by his photograph, "Moment of Life."

1974: Slava Veder, Associated Press, for his picture of the return of an American prisoner of war from captivity in North Vietnam.

1975: Matthew Lewis, Washington Post, for his photographs in color and black and white.

1976: Photographic staff of the Louisville Courier-Journal and Times, for a comprehensive pictorial report on busing in Louisville's schools.

1977: Robin Hood, Chattanooga News-Free Press, for his photograph of a disabled veteran and his child at an Armed Forces Day parade.

1978: J. Ross Baughman, Associated Press, for three photographs from guerrilla areas in Rhodesia.

1979: Staff photographers of the Boston Herald American, for photographic coverage of the blizzard of 1978.

1980: Erwin H. Hagler, Dallas Times Herald, for a series on the Western cowboy.

1981: Taro M. Yamasaki, Detroit Free Press, for his photographs of Jackson State Prison, Michigan.

1982: John H. White, Chicago Sun-Times, for consistently excellent work on a variety of subjects.

1983: James B. Dickman, Dallas Times Herald, for his telling photographs of life and death in El Salvador.

1984: Anthony Suau, The Denver Post, for a series of photographs which depict the tragic effects of starvation in Ethiopia and for a single photograph of a woman at her husband's gravesite on Memorial Day.

1985: Stan Grossfeld, Boston Globe, for his series of photographs of the famine in Ethiopia and for his pictures of illegal aliens on the U.S.-Mexico border.

1986: Tom Gralish, The Philadelphia Inquirer, for his series of photographs of Philadelphia's homeless.

1987: David C. Peterson, Des Moines Register, for his photographs depicting the shattered dreams of American farmers.

1988: Michel duCille, Miami Herald, for photographs portraying the decay and subsequent rehabilitation of a housing project overrun by the drug crack.

1989: Manny Crisostomo, Detroit Free Press, for his series of photographs. depicting student life at Southwestern High School in Detroit.

1990: David C. Turnley, Detroit Free Press, for photographs of the political uprisings in China and Eastern Europe.

1991: William Snyder, The Dallas Morning News, for his photographs of ill and orphaned children living in subhuman conditions in Romania.

1992: John Kaplan, Block Newspapers, Toledo, Ohio, for his photographs depicting the diverse lifestyles of seven 21-year-olds across the United States.

1993: Staff of Associated Press, for its portfolio of images drawn from the 1992 presidential campaign.

1994: Kevin Carter, a free-lance photographer, for a picture first published in The New York Times of a starving Sudanese girl who collapsed on her way to a feeding center while a vulture waited nearby.

1995: Staff of Associated Press, for its portfolio of photographs chronicling the horror and devastation in Rwanda.

1996: Stephanie Welsh, a free-lancer, for her shocking sequence of photos, published by Newhouse News Service, of a female circumcision rite in Kenya.

1997: Alexander Zemlianichenko, Associated Press, for his photograph of Russian President Boris Yeltsin dancing at a rock concert during his campaign for re-election. This was originally nominated in the Spot News Photography section, but was moved by the board to Feature Photography.

1998: Clarence Williams, Los Angeles Times, for his powerful images documenting the plight of young children with parents addicted to alcohol and drugs.

1999: Staff of Associated Press, for its striking collection of photographs of the key players and events stemming from President Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky and the ensuing impeachment hearings.

2000: Carol Guzy, Michael Williamson and Lucian Perkins, Washington Post, for their intimate and poignant images depicting the plight of the Kosovo refugees.

2001: Matt Rainey, Star-Ledger (New Jersey), for his emotional photographs that illustrate the care and recovery of two students critically burned in a dormitory fire at Seton Hall University.

2002: The New York Times staff, for its photographs chronicling the pain and the perseverance of people enduring protracted conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

2003: Don Bartletti, Los Angeles Times, for his memorable portrayal of how undocumented Central American youths, often facing deadly danger, travel north to the United States.

2004: Carolyn Cole, Los Angeles Times, for her cohesive, behind-the-scenes look at the effects of civil war in Liberia, with special attention to innocent citizens caught in the conflict.

2005: Deanne Fitzmaurice, San Francisco Chronicle, for her sensitive photo essay on an Oakland hospital's effort to mend an Iraqi boy nearly killed by an explosion. View photo essay.

2006: Todd Heisler of Rocky Mountain News, for his haunting, behind-the-scenes look at funerals for Colorado Marines who return from Iraq in caskets.