The <a href='http://www.dgph.de/english/dr-erich-salomon-award-of-the-deutsche-gesellschaft-fuer-photographie' target='_blank'>Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie</a> (DGPh) has awarded the 2015 Dr. Erich Salomon Award to <a href='http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL535C7T' target='_blank'>Josef Koudelka</a>.

The award was established in 1971 to honor outstanding use of photography in press. It celebrates the memory of the great photographer of the Weimar Republic, Dr. Erich Salomon, whom many regard as the principal founder of modern photojournalism.

The award comprises a certificate and a Leica M Camera, engraved with the name of the recipient. It is presented every year, alongside the Cultural Award, as the highest distinction of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh).

Among the award winners are magazines, organizations and television as well as persons who have done photography a great service in publications or who have excelled as photojournalists