PPA NATIONAL AWARD – (Awarded by PPLA)
| 1959 | Don White | Master Photographer | Bogalusa |
| 1960 | Leon Trice, Sr. | Master Photographer | Metairie |
| 1961 | Phyllis Moore | Master Photographer | New Orleans |
| 1962 | John E. Kuhlman | Master Photographer | New Orleans |
| 1963 | James Hampson | Master Photographer | Shreveport |
| 1964 | Lee Webb | Master Photographer | |
| 1965 | David Hunt | West Monroe | |
| 1966 | Frank Lotz Miller | Master Photographer, Cr. | New Orleans |
| 1967 | Calvin Blue | ||
| 1968 | N.R. DeGravelles | Master Photographer, Cr. | Thibodeaux |
| 1969 | A.J. Rybiski, Jr. | Lake Charles | |
| 1970 | Simon Lee | New Orleans | |
| 1971 | George Atkinson | Pensacola, FL | |
| 1972 | Not Given | ||
| 1973 | Durwood Griffin | Master Photographer | Monroe |
| 1974 | C.F. Weber | New Orleans | |
| 1975 | Thurman C. Smith | Master Photographer, Cr. | Shreveport |
| 1976 | Henry B. Elsas | New Orleans | |
| 1977 | Jack Kohara | Alexandria | |
| 1978 | Ralph Plaideau, Sr. | New Orleans | |
| 1979 | Millie Kuhlman | New Orleans | |
| 1980 | Ronald Montelepre | New Orleans | |
| 1981 | Frank Hampson | Master Photographer, Cr. | Shreveport |
| 1982 | Bill Bourdier, Jr. | Opelousas | |
| 1983 | Adrian Snider | Shreveport | |
| 1984 | Leon Bolen | Cr. Photographer | New Orleans |
| 1985 | Ory Miguez | Franklin | |
| 1986 | Marvin Hardee, Jr. | Morgan City | |
| 1987 | Rita May Bolen | New Orleans | |
| 1988 | David King Gleason | M.Photographer, Cr., CPP | Baton Rouge |
| 1989 | Fonville Winans | Baton Rouge | |
| 1990 | Pete Saddler | Kodak | Atlanta |
| 1991 | Not Given | ||
| 1992 | Ralph Romaguera, Sr. | M.Photog.,Hon. M. Photog., Cr., CPP, API, F-ASP, F-PPLA and F-TX | Metairie |
| 1993 | Emile Navarre | Master Photographer, Cr. | Mandeville |
| 1994 | Emily Barre’ | Cr. Photographer | New Orleans |
| 1995 | Thomas Wintz | Cr. Photographer | Prairieville |
| 1996 | Tom & Cookie Elwell | Cr. Photographer | Metairie |
| 1997 | Not Given | ||
| 1998 | Not Given | ||
| 1999 | Dick Goodall | M. Photographer, Cr., ABI | Shreveport |
| 2000 | Ed Broussard | Master Photographer, Cr. | Lafayette |
| 2001 | James P. Pitre | Master Photographer, Cr. | Houma |
| 2002 | Ruby Falgout | New Orleans | |
| 2003 | Not Given | ||
| 2004 | Paul Daigrepont | Metairie | |
| 2005 | Not Given | ||
| 2006 | Cecil Kersh | Cr. Photographer, CPP | Metairie |
| 2007 | Tim Babin | Cr. Photographer | Gonzales |
| 2008 | Lloyd Elsas | Cr. Photog., F-PPLA | Mandeville |
| 2009 | Kirk Voclain | M. Photog., Cr. | Houma |
| 2010 | Jim Layne | Cr. Photog, CPP, F-PPLA | Baton Rouge |
| 2011 | Rick Massarini | M. Photog., Cr., CPP, F-PPLA | Westwego |
| 2012 | James W. Byron | M. Photog., Cr., CPP, API, F-PPLA | Patterson |
| 2013 | Patrick Bates | M. Photog., Cr., CPP, F-PPLA | Ponchatoula |
| 2014 | Wade Ponthier | Cr. Photog., CPP, ABI, CBM | New Orleans |
| 2015 |
Don Daigrepont Terry Daigrepont |
M. Photog., Cr, CPP, F-PPLA Cr.Photog., CPP, F-PPLA |
Slidell |
| 2016 | Lionel Selser | Greenwell Springs | |
| 2018 | Karla Byron | Patterson | |
| 2019 | Chip and Carol Darre | Professional Color Lab | New Orleans |
| 2023 | Joel Treadwell | Cr. Photog., CPP | Covington |
— National Award not presented in:1972, 1991, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022
PPA NATIONAL AWARD – (Awarded by Other Associations)
| Lee Webb | Master Photographer | Southwest 1959 | Morgan City |
| James Hampson | Master Photographer | Southwest 1963 | Shreveport |
| Leon Trice, Sr. | Master Photographer | Southwest 1964 | Metairie |
| Emile Navarre | Master Photographer, Cr. | Southwest 1998 | Mandeville |
| Cindy M. Romaguera | M.Photog, Cr., F-TX | Texas, 2003 | Metairie |
| Ralph Romaguera, Sr. | M.Photog.,Hon.M.Photog.,Cr., CPP,API,F-PPLA,F-ASP | SWPPA 2011 | Metairie |
| Ed Broussard | M.Photog, Cr., CPP, F-PPLA | SWPPA 2013 | Lafayette |
| Rick Massarini | M.Photog, Cr., CPP, F-PPLA | ASP 2015 | Westwego |
| James P. Pitre | M.Photog, Cr., F-PPLA | SWPPA 2016 | Houma |