The Otto Breicha Award for Photographic Arts is awarded every two years by Museum der Moderne Salzburg to photographers from or living in Austria.
The Award was first established in 1983 under the name 'Rupertinum Photo Prize'. The Salzburg Museum Rupertinum (which is now part of Museum der Moderne Salzburg) was co-founded by its first director Otto Breicha. The prize was awarded every two years until 2001. After a hiatus the prize was revived in 2007 and renamed "Otto Breicha Prize for Photographic Art" in memory of Otto Breicha's and the museum's early promotion of photography as an art form, which was still not very popular at the time, as well as the museum's extensive photographic collection (started in 1981). It was reconceptualized so that it is not longer only awarded for pure photography, but also recognizes the role of photography in media contexts. The prize is supported by the Breicha family and the winner's work is shown in an exhibition at Rupertinum.
Laureates Year Name 01 1983 Alfred Seiland 02 1985 Otmar Thormann 03 1987 Branko Lenart 04 1989 Heinz Cibulka 05 1991 Manfred Willmann 06 1993 Walter Berger 07 1995 Paul Albert Leitner 08 1997 Friedl Kubelka 09 1999 Seiichi Furuya 10 2001 Peter Dressler 11 2007 Ferry Radax 12 2009 Margherita Spiluttini 13 2011 Ilse Haider 14 2013 Matthias Herrmann 15 2015 Leo Kandl162017Lisl Ponger172019Marina Faust182021Anna Jermolaewa192024Sophie Thun
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