Leica Medal of Excellence twice - Chelsea Hotel & Venice Beach
Life magazine Award, Finalist of W. Eugene Smith Grant 1989 - Madness
Ernst Haas Award 1990 - Madness
One of the year's best books - American Photo 1997 - Old Havana
Vitae Foundation Scholarship, 1993, Brazilian Carnaval
Japan Foundation Scholarship, Hong Kong Project 1997
Pictures of the Year 1996, Best Photo in a Magazine/Newsweek
Higashikawa Award (Japan) - Best Foreign Photographer, 1999 - Carnaval
PDN Photo Annual 2003 - One of the year's best personal projects - Rio
PDN Photo Annual 2006 - One of the year's best books - Rio
Prêmio Porto Seguro 2007 – São Paulo 4x5
Photographs of Claudio Edinger, award winning author of twelve books. Claudio Edinger was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1952. Claudio Edinger lived for 20 years in New York City