David Octavius Hill Medal
Introduction The '''David Octavius Hill Medal''' is a prize in photography established in 1955, by the Deutsche Fotografische Akademie. It is named in honor of the Scottish artist David Octavius Hill, famous for his Hill & Adamson calotypes, most of which were developed at Adamson's studio, the "Rock House", on Calton Hill in Edinburgh.
Recipients * 1955: Walter Hege, Carl Adolf Schleussner, Erich Stenger, Bruno Uhl* 1957: Albert Renger-Patzsch* 1958: Erna Lendvai-Dircksen* 1964: Herbert List* 1965: Otto Steinert * 1966: Martin Hürlimann* 1967: Paul Strand * 1968: Fritz Gruber* 1969: Liselotte Strelow * 1970: Allan Porter* 1971: Edouard Boubat* 1972: Regina Relang* 1973: J.A. Schmoll, gen. Eisenwerth* 1974: Fritz Kempe* 1978: Heinz Hajek-Halke, Willi Moegle * 1979: Fritz Brill, Kurt Julius * 1981: Peter Keetman * 1983: Helmut Gernsheim * 1984: Robert Häusser* 1986: John Hilliard* 1988: Joan Fontcuberta* 1990: Stefan Moses* 1994: Jürgen Heinemann, Klaus Kammerichs* 1996: Gottfried Jäger* 1999: Dieter Appelt* 2002: Alex Webb* 2005: Bernhard Prinz* 2009: Joakim Eskildsen, Cia Rinne* 2015: Viviane Sassen* 2019: Ute & Werner Mahler
References *  Träger der David-Octavius-Hill-Medaille (German). Accessed January 24, 2010.