Awards

Special Citations

NPPA Special Citations are awarded to an individual or organization for making significant contributions that advance the interests of photojournalism.

2021
Family Photo Rescue - Gerald Herbert, Kathy Anderson, Doug Parker, Matthew Hinton, Edmund Fountain, John McCusker, Rusty Costanza, Derrick Hingle, Ted Jackson, Andrew Boyd, Jackson Hill, Misty McElroy

Scott Ball and Shannon Gowen, co-founders 4x5 Festival

2020
Women Photojournalists of Washington (WPOW)
JB Nicholas

2019
Susan Greene
Avi Adelman

2018
James Estrin

2017
Parker Gyokeres
Jake May

2016
Jake May
Matt Gade

2015
Seth Gitner
Anne Herbst
Jeffrey Kent
Tim Tai

2014
Mark Edelson
James Foley

2013
Allen Murabayashi
Cathaleen Curtiss
Daniel Morel

2011
Michelle McLoughlin

2010
Scott Jensen
Alicia Wagner Calzada

2009
Marc Hermann

2008
Jeff Sedlik
Melissa Lyttle
Richard Koci Hernandez
Steve Weiswasser
Rob Sherman
Keith Jenkins

2007
Mike Harrity
Ricardo Ferro
Svitlana Buko
Mindy Hutchison
Thomas Kenniff
Stephen Sample
Donald Winslow

2006
Ray Farkas
Merry Murray
Isadore Bleckman
Linda Epstein

2004
Mark Dolejs
Robert Hanashiro & Brad Mangin
John Sale
Mike Thomas
Bret Alles

2003
James M. Naughton, Karen Dunlap, Kenneth F. Irby, Al Tompkins, and the staff of the Poynter Institue for Media Studies
Mary Ann Golon
Tahra Makinson-Sanders
Ricardo Ferro
Richard Murphy

2002
Holly Hughes, David Walker, Dorothy Ho and the Editorial Staff of Photo District News
Frank Smyth
WIlliam L. Winter, Carol Ann Riordan, Warren E. Watson, Mary Glick, and the staff of the American Press Institute
Gregory Fare
C. Thomas Hardin

2001
Linda Henson
Northern Short Course staff

2000
Richard Wisdom
Michel duCille
Ray Farkas
Maria Mann
Jonathan Malat
Boyd Huppert

PAST RECIPIENTS 1990S

1999
Sandra Eisert
John Long
Fritzs Nordengren
Sgt. Bill Genaust

1998
John Wolfe
Mark Loundy

1997
Dave Wertheimer
Joan Gordon
Cheryl Magazine
Eddie Adams

1996
Mark Eissman
National Geographic
Ken Hackman

1995
Merrill Oliver
Sonya Doctorian
Bob Sprouls
John Morris
Tipper Gore

1994
Beverly Bethune
David Lutman
Randy Cox

1993
Marilyn Upton
Marty Petty
Maria Mann
Ron Mann
Carol McKay
Cindi Christie

1992
Kit Carson King

1991
Wanda Warren

1990
R. Pierson Smith
PAST RECIPIENTS 1980S

1989
William C. Luster
Callie Shell
Judith L. Tell
John Young

1987
Michael Martinez
Michael Sherer

1986
John Huffman
Cliff Schiappa

1985
Lew Bush

1984
Mary Sebrechts

1983
Maurice Johnson
Toby Massey

1982
Ned Hockman
Hal Lesser

1981
Edward Cowart
Walter Cronkite
Jean Otto

1980
Clifton Edom
Sidney J. Stron

PAST RECIPIENTS 1970S

1979
Myron Charness
Hunter Low

1978
Judge Paul Baker

1977
Gerald R. Ford

1976
W.E. Garrett
Don Hewitt
David H. Kennerly

1975
Cornell Capa
Marci Robbins
W. Eugene Smith

1974
William Small
Lenora Williamson

1973
Roger Clark
Gifford Hampshire

1972
Robert H. Dumke
Sen. Sam Ervin Jr.

1971
Hearst Foundation
PAST RECIPIENTS 1960S

1969
William P. Rogers
John S. Savage

1967
Robert P. Clark
Joseph Costa
Rick Friedman
Vincent Marton

1966
Univ. of Missouri
Univ. of Oklahoma

1965
Cong. John E. Moss

1963
Joseph Costa
Bob Williams

1962
Lt. Col. J.H. Glenn Jr.

1961
Dr. Frank Stanton