An international photography award given by the Hasselblad Foundation in Gothenburg, Sweden, since 1980. It is one of the most respected prizes in photography.
The first winner was Swedish photographer Lennart Nilsson. Later winners include Henri Cartier-Bresson, Richard Avedon, Sebastião Salgado, Cindy Sherman and Rinko Kawauchi. The foundation is named after Victor Hasselblad (see Hasselblad).
