Honors superlative photography that has been used to further conservation causes. May be awarded annually.
1971 Donald M. Bradburn, MD
1972 Beverly Steveson
1973 Leonard Berkowitz
1974 Bruce Barnbaum
1976 C. Scott Heppel
1978 C. C. Lockwood
1981 Ernie Day
1983 Dewitt Jones
1984 Galen Rowell
1985 Tupper Ansel Blake
1986 Robert M. Lindholm
1988 Tom Algire
1989 Robert Glenn Ketchum
1990 Edward Schell
1991 Stephen Trimble
1992 J. D. Marston
1993 John Fielder
1995 William Neill
1997 Frans Lanting
1998 Jim Stimson
2000 Clyde Butcher
2001 Robin Way
2002 Jack Jeffrey
2003 Douglas Steakley
2004 Ken & Gabrielle Adelman
2005 Larry Allen
2006 Gary Braasch
2007 Wilbur Mills
2008 Steven Kazlowski
2009 Joshua Wolfe
2010 Chris Jordan
2011 Ian Shive
2012 Florian Schulz
2013 James Balog
2014 Krysta Schlyer
2015 Boyd Norton
2016 Nick Brandt
2017 Michael Forsberg
2018 Thomas Mangelsen
2019 Tim Palmer
2020 Rob Badger & Nita Winter
2021 Joel Sartore
2022 Q.T. Luong