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