David Octavius Hill Medal

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