Best photographic reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise
AWARD YEAR: 1983
AWARD NAME: The Robert Capa Gold Medal
AWARD RECIPIENT: James Nachtwey
AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: TIME
AWARD HONORED WORK: “Lebanon”
AWARD SPONSOR: Life Magazine
The Robert Capa Gold Medal, for superlative photography requiring exceptional courage and enterprise, was won by Jim Nachtwey of Black Star for his pictures in TIME magazine.
Nachtwey followed at close range the fighting between the Lebanese army and Shiite Muslims in the Chouf Mountains of Lebanon, producing spectacular photographs under heavy fire. It wasn’t his first such exploit. Earlier, he had accompanied a Honduras-based Contra raid into Nicaragua, again bringing the hazards of battle in pictures to the readers, while demonstrating the courage of the combat photographer.
Citations for Excellence:
Michael K. Nichols, GEO Magazine, for “The Rope”
Shepard Sherbell, TIME magazine, for “D-Day in Grenada”
Yan Morvan, Newsweek, for “Mortar Barrage”