Jan Grarup has been honored with numerous prestigious awards and nominations, including no less than five Photographer of the Year titles, five Photo of the Year awards, two nominations for the W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography, an impressive eight World Press Photo Awards, a special recognition from the Leica Oskar Barnack Award, as well as many other accolades from Pictures of the Year International and the National Press Photographers Association. He has exhibited four times at VISA POUR L'IMAGE and won the VISA D’OR for his coverage of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. In other words, he is a true master photographer in his field.