| Kazuyoshi Nomachi (Japan) | April 5, 2004 | Prayers of the Earth |
| Stuart Issett (US) | March 13, 2003 | Japan's changing social fabric/Kyotoland. |
| Shigeichi Nagano (Japan) | February 5, 2003 | A Chronicle of Japan: A Life in Photography. |
| Janet Jarman (US) | December 11, 2002 | Social Documentaries in Latin Amerca. |
| Tom Wagner (US) | November 21, 2002 | North Korea, Japanese pets, otaku. |
| David Guttenfelder (US) | May 16, 2002 | Conflict coverage for the Associated Press, 1994-2002. |
| James Whitlow Delano (US) | April 9, 2002 | Empire: Impressions from China. |
| Ken Straiton (Canada) | March 12, 2002 | Tokyo. |
| Andy Rain (England) | November 14, 2001 | All Kinds of Chaos - All Kinds of Courage. |
| Stuart Issett (US) | July 18, 2001 | Japanese rightists, the modern decay of traditional Kyoto. |
| Takeshi Ishikawa (Japan) | July 18, 2001 | Hijra: India's Third Gender Culture. |
| Michael Stanley (US) | June 20, 2001 | Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| Masaharu Uemura (Japan) | June 20, 2001 | Old Japan Rediscovered. |
| Shigeo Kogure (Japan) | June 20, 2001 | Vanishing occupations in Japan. |
| Peter Oxley (England) | June 20, 2001 | Microfinancing projects for the poor in the Philippines. |