Ce prix récompense la meilleure photographie (qualité de l'image) de clip de l'année. Voici la liste des gagnants dans cette catégorie aux MTV VMA's depuis 1984.
Année Artiste Clip Directeur de la photographie 1984 The Police "Every Breath You Take" Daniel Pearl 1985 Don Henley "The Boys of Summer" Pascal Lebeque 1986 a-ha "The Sun Always Shines On T.V." Oliver Stapleton 1987 Robbie Nevil "C'est la vie" Mark Plummer 1988 Sting "We'll Be Together" Bill Pope 1989 Madonna "Express Yourself" Mark Plummer 1990 Madonna "Vogue" Pascal Lebeque 1991 Chris Isaak "Wicked Game" Rolf Kesterman 1992 Guns N' Roses "November Rain" Mike Southon et Daniel Pearl 1993 Madonna "Rain" Harris Savides 1994 R.E.M. "Everybody Hurts" Harris Savides 1995 The Rolling Stones "Love Is Strong" Gary Waller and Mike Trim 1996 The Smashing Pumpkins "Tonight, Tonight" Decklan Quinn 1997 Jamiroquai "Virtual Insanity" Steven Keith-Roach 1998 Fiona Apple "Criminal" Harris Savides 1999 Marilyn Manson "The Dope Show" Martin Coppen 2000 Macy Gray "Do Something" Jeff Cronenweth 2001 Fatboy Slim "Weapon of Choice" Lance Acord 2002 Moby "We Are All Made of Stars" Brad Rushing 2003 Johnny Cash "Hurt" Jean-Yves Scoffier 2004 Jay-Z "99 Problems" Joaquin Baca-Asay 2005 Green Day "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" Samuel Bayer 2006 James Blunt "You're Beautiful" Robbie Ryan 2009 Green Day "21 Guns" Jonathan Sela 2010 Jay-Z (avec Alicia Keys) "Empire State of Mind" John Perez 2011 Adele "Rolling in the Deep" - 2012 M.I.A. "Bad Girls" André Chemetoff 2013 Macklemore et Ryan Lewis (feat. Ray Dalton) "Can't Hold Us" - 2014 Beyoncé "Pretty Hurts" Darren Lew et Jackson Hunt 2015 Flying Lotus (et Kendrick Lamar) "Never Catch Me" Larkin Sieple 2016 Beyoncé "Formation" Malik Sayeed 2017 Kendrick Lamar "Humble" Scott Cunningham 2018 Beyoncé et Jay-Z "Apeshit" Benoît Debie 2019 Shawn Mendes feat. Camila Cabello "Señorita" Scott Cunningham 2020 Lady Gaga feat. Ariana Grande "Rain on Me" Michael Merriman 2021 Beyoncé feat. Blue Ivy Carter, Saint Jhn et Wizkid "Brown Skin Girl" Benoit Soler, Malik H. Sayeed, Mohammaed Atta Ahmed, Santiago Gonzalez et Ryan Helfant
Catégorie:MTV Video Music Awards Catégorie:Distinction fondée en 1984