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We have archived past awards on this page for easy reference. Recent awards and member highlights appear on the main MEMBER GALLERY page...
Freelancer Chris Usher is the recipient of the WHNPA's $5000 PROJECT GRANT for 2006. View a FLASH SLIDESHOW or READ MORE about his winning project, which was inspired by the continuing challenges facing victims of Hurricane Katrina as they relocate and attempt to rebuild their shattered lives on the Gulf Coast and throughout the United States.
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WHNPA 2006 CONTEST WINNERS VISIT THE OVAL OFFICE From left, Television Photographer of the Year Dai Baker, Christina Pino-Marina of washingtonpost.com, Ed Eaves of NBC, Jeff Hutchens freelance, Jonathan Newton of The Washington Post, Steve Cain of ABC News, David Burnett of Contact Press Images, Mark Rabbage of BBC, Pete Souza of the Chicago Tribune, Nelson Jones of WTTG-FOX 5, President Bush, Steve Elfers of Army Times, WHNPA President Susan Walsh, Gene Sweeney Jr. of the Baltimore Sun, Jason Smith of WTTG-FOX 5, Brian Hopkins of WJLA, David Holloway freelance, Jay Clendenin of Polaris Images, TV Editor of the Year Travis Fox of washingtonpost.com, Political Photo of the Year winner Carol T. Powers freelance, and 2006 WHNPA Lifetime Achievement winner Gordon Swenson of ABC News Nightline. (White House photo by Kimberlee Hewitt) Unable to attend are Ben de la Cruz, Melina Mara, Andrea Bruce, Charles Ommanney, Chris Maddaloni, Lance Ing, Joel Witte, Lucian Perkins, Michael Robinson Chavez and Jennifer Crandall.
MANNIE GARCIA WINS 2006 IPC WHNPA LEADERSHIP AWARD
 The International Photographic Council (IPC), a non-governmental organization of the United Nations, has announced the recipients of its 8th annual Professional Photographer Leadership Awards. The winners will be recognized at the IPC’s “International Professional Photographer’s Month” luncheon at the United Nations in New York City on Wednesday, May 24th at 11:30 a.m. Mary Jane Hellyar, president, Film & Photofinishing Systems, Eastman Kodak Company is scheduled to be the keynote speaker.
The awards are presented each May, designated International Professional Photographer's Month, by the International Photographic Council, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) of the United Nations. The winners are selected by each of six professional photography organizations, from among their members: the White House News Photographers Association (WHNPA); the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP); the Professional Photographers of America (PPA); the Wedding Portrait Photographers International (WPPI), the Advertising Photographers of America (APA) and the Professional School Photographers Association International (PSPA). Each organization decides which of their members receives the award each year based on the standards they use within their organization.
The 2006 IPC award recipients are as follows:
Mannie Garcia / IPC WHNPA Leadership Award
George Long / IPC ASMP Leadership Award
Jo Alice & Tom McDonald / IPC PPA Leadership Award
Rick & Deborah Ferro / IPC WPPI Leadership Award
Barbara Bordnick / IPC APA Leadership Award
Anthony J. Cilento, Jr. / PSPA
Luncheon reservations are due by May 8, 2006. For information, contact Priscilla Chu, Cygnus Business Media, at 631-845-2700, Ext. 341. E-mail: priscilla.chu@cygnuspub.com
The International Photographic Council (IPC) is a multinational non-governmental organization of the United Nations, composed of representatives from every major sector of the photographic industry. Founded in 1974, it is dedicated to increasing worldwide recognition of photography as a universal means of communication through the adoption of a motto, “Peace through Understanding, Understanding through Photography, the Universal Language.” This IPC 2006 Awards PRESS RELEASE is available in PDF format to facilitate printing.
2005 WHNPA PROJECT GRANT AWARDED TO SUSANA RAAB
Photo © 2005 Susana Raab Washington, DC - July 2004 • A Playboy playmate spreads mustard on a tofu-hotdog at an event protesting the American Meat Institute's annual hot dog picnic held yards away at the Rayburn House Office Building.
November 11, 2005 Washington, D.C. freelance photographer Susana Raab has been selected as the winner of the White House News Photographers Association 2005 Project Grant.
Her project, "Consumed: The Culture and Legacy of Fast Food in the United States," examines the culture and the legacy of fast food production in the United States, focusing on four aspects of the multi-billion-dollar fast food industry: Marketing and advertising; the labor force - the largest outside of the U.S. government; obesity in the nation as a side-effect of fast food over consumption and the impact of the industry on the national landscape.
"Susana doesn't want to condemn the fast food industry," WHNPA Education Committee Chairman Leighton Mark said, "but to raise awarness of the vastness of the industry's reach and how much fast food has become a staple in the American diet. Our culture has changed and Susana hopes she can help us better understand what that change can mean."
Raab has been working on this project for more than a year and says she feels "very strongly that the well being of future generations of Americans lies in the choices we make about this product (fast food)." Several magazines have already expressed interest in the project, Raab is planning an online site for the project and hopes to establish a traveling gallery for exhibition in schools and galleries nationwide. A book is also planned. Visit Susana's web site at http://www.susanaraab.com.
© 2005 Susana Raab, McArthur, Ohio - June 2005 -- Trash overflows a container at a local street festival in Ohio.
Learn more about the WHNPA GRANT PROGRAM and how you can apply for an educational grant.
Reports from past Project Grant recipients:
The summer of 2004 brought three hurricanes through DeSoto County, Florida, ravaging the agricultural area and damaging 70 to 90 percent of its housing. For the past year, the 2004 WHNPA PROJECT GRANT recipient Laura Sikes has been documenting this south central Florida county's recovery. DeSoto, the state's second poorest county, is home to many migrant farmworkers and low-wage earners. On December 6, at the General Membership Meeting, Laura will also share some tips on the how-to's and the value of doing self-assignments-- and what she has learned in the process of working on this long-term project.
2003 WHNPA PROJECT GRANT recipient Vivian Ronay provides this update:
My Bedouin Tribes of Petra exhibition opened in October in its fourth venue, the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Canada. It was a great opening, the best installation of my 50 prints yet. Creative wall colors and nice text for the exhibit. I was interviewed on Calgary's equivalent of the Today show as well as public radio and a lecture that broke records for attendance. I also got the weekend to check out the Rockies up there...gorgeous stuff. Also was a guest at two of their VIP events; all together very wonderful. Four months in Calgary and then the show goes to the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Ottawa. Your project money is of course recognized on the wall of the exhibit everywhere it has been. As always I am deeply grateful for WHNPA's support of this project.
Best,
Vivian
*** More info on prior grants and awards is located on the member awards page.***
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2005 EYES OF HISTORY contest and awards dinner
MORE PICTURES OF THE 2005 AWARDS CEREMONY (photo/ Kevin Wolf)
VIDEOS OF THE AWARDS PRESENTATIONS & HIGHLIGHTS
VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR: DAI BAKER, ITN
VIDEO EDITOR OF THE YEAR: JOHN POOLE, WASHINGTONPOST.COM
See photos of the 2005 awards presentations, and video highlights (Real video)
 
Photo/Kevin Wolf
CONGRATULATIONS TO CHICK HARRITY, who has been chosen as this years Lifetime Achievement Award winner. Please make every effort to congratulate him on his outstanding and inspiring career. CHICK HARRITY has been in the Photojournalism business for 48 years, 35 of them in Washington DC. His first staff job was in 1956 with his hometown newspaper in Reading, Pa. He moved to York City with the Associated Press in 1965, then to Albany and Chicago for a year each before moving to the AP Washington DC bureau in 1968. In 1981 he relocated across town at US News and World Report Magazine where he stayed for twenty years, being named chief photographer in 1985. On April Fools day of 2001 he left US News to move to northern California where he is now the Photo Coach and contributing photographer for the Calistoga Tribune. A new and thriving 1,250 circulations weekly at the top of the Napa Valley. Highlights along the way included receiving the Associated Press Managing Editors award for Excellence in Photography, being named the White House News Photographer's Association Photographer of the year and being awarded the Leica Medal of Excellence for Photojournalism. He was a Board Member of the White House News Photographers Association for 10 years and a member of the U.S. Senate Standing Committee for 23.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/whnpa/whnpa-2.ram
 CHICK HARRITY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD & SURPRISE REUNION with "The Baby in a Box", 14:24)
The Eyes of History™ 2005 winners visit the OVAL OFFICE. White House Photo by Paul Morse Left to right: Ben de la Cruz, David Goulding, Michael Connor, Carol Guzy, David Ewing, Liz O. Baylen, Christina Pino-Marina, Gary Hershorn, Charlie Dharapak, David Burnett ,Charles MacDonald, Gordon Swenson, Mark Rabbage, President Bush, Brian Hopkins, WHNPA President Susan Walsh, Dai Baker, Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Chuck Kennedy, Juana Arias, John Poole, Douglas Graham, Mark Thalman, Pierre Kattar
WHNPA
2004 PROJECT GRANT AWARDED (12/1/04)
Laura Sikes, a freelance photographer
living in Alexandria, Virginia, has been chosen the recipient
of the WHNPA 2004 Project Grant by the WHNPA Education
Committee.
Her project, "Poor From the Start",
will document the lives of the residents of DeSoto County,
Florida who were struck by Hurricane Charley, Hurricane
Frances and Hurricane Jeanne during the summer. DeSoto
County has a diverse population, but U.S. Census Bureau
dat shows almost 25% of the nearly 34,000 people live below
the poverty level - and that was before the hurricanes
of 2004.
"Although Florida newspapers will undoubtedly
do a great deal of coverage of the reconstruction, I image
it will almost all be local and Laura's approach will offer
a look at one small, primarily agricultural region that
was slammed by Mother Nature," WHNPA Education Committee
Chairman Leighton Mark said. "The grant will
not only assist Laura in her project but will provide a
national stage showing what these people are going through
to put their lives back together."
MORE INFO -- DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE (02-03-05) IN PDF FORMAT.
Learn more about the WHNPA GRANT PROGRAM and how you can apply for an educational grant.
2005 Professional Photographer’s Awards Bestowed by IPC
WHNPA member Pete Souza has been awarded the International Photographic Council award
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, June 2005 The International Photographic Council (IPC), a non-governmental organization of the United Nations, recognized the recipients of its 7th annual Professional Photographer Leadership Awards at its “International Professional Photographer’s Month” luncheon at the United Nations in New York City on May 11th. Karen A. Smith-Pilkington, chair and president, greater Asia region, Eastman Kodak Company delivered the keynote address. The awards are presented each May, designated International Professional Photographer's Month, by the IPC. The winners are selected by each of five Professional Photography organizations, from among their members: the White House News Photographer’s Association (WHNPA); the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP); the Professional Photographers of America (PPA); the Wedding Portrait Photographers International (WPPI), and the Advertising Photographers of America (APA). Each organization decides which of their members receives the award each year based on the standards they use within their organization. Some 70 photographers, manufacturers, and other industry representatives attended the event, which recognized five distinguished photographers and honored nine legendary image makers who have died since 2004. Download the full story: IPC PRESS RELEASE (PDF, 250k)
IPC
2004 Professional Photographer’s Awards
 The
International Photographic Council (IPC), a non-governmental
organization of the United Nations, has announced the
recipients of its 6th annual Professional Photographer
Leadership Awards.
Dennis
Brack / IPC WHNPA Leadership Award
For
over thirty years, Dennis Brack’s photographs
have won awards from the White House News Photographers
Association, the National Newspaper Photographers Association
and the World Press Association. He is a member of
the Executive Board of The White House News Photographers
Association, and for the past sixteen years has been
one the five members on the Standing Committee of Press
Photographers of the U.S. Senate. This group determines
photographic access for the Senate, The House of Representatives,
the Political Conventions, and the Inaugurations.
Represented by Black
Star, Mr. Brack averaged a picture a week published in
TIME magazine for twenty-two years. The times and the
technology have changed, but Dennis has kept up with
this technology. He still shoots medium and large format
film for clients like The National Gallery of Art and
Exxon Mobil, but shoots with the latest digital equipment
for Bloomberg News, der SPIEGEL, and many other of the
ever-changing publications in our business. Read the IPC
press release. (PDF)
Congratulations to WHNPA members among the winners in the WORLDPRESSPHOTO contest http://www.worldpressphoto.org
THE EYES OF
HISTORY 2004 award
presentations and party photos are
online.
2003
PROJECT GRANT WINNER - VIVIAN RONAY
Vivian
Ronay in Petra with her longtime Bedouin guide
Washington freelance photographer
Vivian Ronay has won the White House News Photographers’ Association
$5,000 Project Grant for her story on five Bedouin tribes
living near the ancient trading city of Petra in Jordan.
The $5,000 grant will be used
to facilitate the completion of Ronay’s photographic
exhibit, "The Bedouin Tribes of Petra.” Ronay’s
photographs document the transition of the Bdoul tribespeople
from their traditional pastoral lifestyle to that of a
market economy and with modern amenities such as electricity
and mass media, plumbing and cell phones. Petra, built
nearly 2,000 years ago, is on the crossroads of the ancient
frankincense trade route from Oman to Damascus and on the
Silk Road connecting Asia to the Mediterranean port of
Gaza among others. Unlike most cities, Petra was not built
as a series of freestanding buildings but rather rooms
carved into the sandstone cliffs with elaborate facades.
“With Vivian's work, “ said
WHNPA Education Committee chair Leighton Mark, “we
are able to see the integration of the old with the new.
This is a big change in lifestyles for these people. We
look forward to seeing her photographs on display for others
to see.”
 Ronay,
who has been making photographs of Petra since 1986, was
very excited about being selected the WHNPA grant recipient. “Thanks
to all of the WHNPA for this grant,” said Ronay, “this
means more than I can express. It is really wonderful after
almost 15 years of work in Petra!”
Currently, the photographs are
on exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History
in New York City and will travel to five other venues in
the United States and Canada. Ronay hopes to provide a
copy of her show to the U.S. Embassy in Amman for exhibition
throughout Jordan. Ronay expects that this set of images
will find a home at the museum in Petra in order for travelers
from all parts of the globe to have a more complete view
of the people they meet while visiting Petra. The traveling
exhibit, when completed, will be given to the Bedul to
help future generations share their visual heritage.
VIEW
A FLASH SLIDESHOW (Flash 6 or higher required) of
selected project images, or visit Ronay’s website
at: http://www.petraphotos.com
“Our Project Grant shows
how the WHNPA is able to give back to its members as well
as promote photojournalism to the world community,” said
WHNPA President Susan Walsh. “Our members are the
best in the business. I am proud that their work is seen
around the world,” said Walsh.
The WHNPA -- now in its 83rd
year -- is a highly successful volunteer organization of
photojournalists from national and international news organizations.
WHNPA members have garnered dozens of Emmy Awards, Pulitzer
Prizes, and other prestigious awards. From Ground Zero
to the war in Iraq, President Bush to Tiger Woods, Capitol
Hill to Beverly Hills, images captured by members of the
White House News Photographers’ Association capture
the heart and soul of the United States and beyond.
The WHNPA aims to provide professional
and educational outreach to its members and the community
through scholarships, programs, and an annual competition.
The WHNPA sponsors the annual “Eyes of History” still
photography and television contest and honors its winners
and the photojournalism industry at the annual “Eyes
of History” Gala in May.
More information on the White
House News Photographers’ Association can be found
on their website, http://www.whnpa.org,
The White House News Photographers’ Association
and “The Eyes of History” are sponsored in part
by Nikon Spirit Initiative, Fuji Photo Film USA, Tiffen/Domke,
Thomson/Grass Valley, and The Corcoran Gallery of Art. PRESS
RELEASE (pdf)
You can apply for a WHNPA
PROJECT GRANT -- find out how. (Application deadline
is October 15.)
Photographs
of Petra and Sheik Saleem, copyright © 2004 Vivian
Ronay
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2003 Eyes of History Awards Presentations at the Annual
Dinner
2003 Awards
photos/Nick Wass(click thumbnails to enlarge)
Nancy Pastor, the
2002 WHNPA Project Grant recipient, continues
working on her prize-winning project, Tobacco
Road. Sample of images related to this prize-winning
effort documenting the changing lives of Maryland’s
tobacco farmers have been posted as a FLASH
SLIDESHOW (Flash 6.0 or higher required).
Although it is an
end of an era for these farmers, there is still
so much passion in they way they work and live. “This
Project Grant is one example of how the WHNPA
gives something back to its members and promotes
photojournalism,” said WHNPA President Susan
Walsh. “Our members are the best in the
business. Winning this grant says a great deal
about the quality of Nancy’s work. In addition
to being a terrific photographer, Nancy is also
a terrific person,” said Walsh. Pastor recently
received her masters degree from New York University/International
Center of Photography. Prior to working at the
Washington Times, Pastor was an intern at the
Hartford Courant and St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Before becoming a news photographer, Pastor worked
as a fashion stylist for several commercial photography
clients including Eddie Bauer, L.L. Bean, and
Macy’s. of Nancy's ongoing project.
2002
WHNPA Seminar & Lecture Grant Recipients:
Ed
Eaves,
a segment editor for NBC, is the latest recipient
of the WHNPA Lecture Grant. Eaves plans to
use the grant to speak about video storytelling
to a video production class at Virginia Wesleyan
College in Virginia Beach.
Ami
Rossetti, a
Media General staff photographer, plans to
use her Seminar Grant to help defray costs
of attending the Mountain Workshop in Cave
City, Ky.
Dominic
DeSantis,
a freelance cameraman, plans to use his Lecture
Grant to help defray expenses on a trip to
New York City where he will be addressing an
NYU documentary production class about working
at the White House and the relationship between
the White House press corps and the White House
press office.
2002
Pulitzer Prize for feature photography
Congratulations
to WHNPA photographer of the year, Stephen
Crowley of the New York Times. Crowley also was
awarded an
Honorary degree from the Corcoran College
of Art and Design on May 18, 2002
The
Eyes of History 2002 contest first-place
winners meet President Bush in the Oval
Office. Photo by Eric Draper. (Click
group photo above to see an enlargement
and list of participants, click logo
below to view this year's winning entries.
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