Awards

A maximum of three (3) individuals may be elected and inducted in any calendar year.

The award need not be presented each year.

Any individual who has made significant contributions to professional photography in California, is 65 years of age or older, and is living at the time of the nomination, is eligible.

At the discretion of the Awards Committee, awards may be given posthumously.

Only twenty-five (25) of these awards were made before the mold was defaced. The medallion is made from silver reclaimed from film and paper chemicals that are used to produce the product of the profession—photographs.

The silver used to make the medallions was donated by Visual Productions (now McKenna Color Lab) of San Diego.

The medallion is inscribed with the name of Paul Kennedy, Sr., the first and thirteenth president of the Professional Photographers of California, and each has been numbered.

The award may be given to an individual or to a family member.

The individual does not have to be a PPC member.

This medallion need not be awarded every year.

When all the medallions were awarded the Barry Evans-Elmer Kingham Award was established for the same purpose in 2001.

The first one was awarded in 2003.

The medallion is inscribed with the names of both Barry Evans and Elmer Kingham.

The award may be given to an individual or to a family member. The individual does not have to be a Professional Photographer of California member.

This medallion need not be awarded every year.

This Award is given by the PPC Board.

Recipient(s) must have received the Service Award and have been a PPC Member for 5 years previously.

This award is given each year to outstanding individuals who have contributed unselfishly to the advancement of professional photography and the advancement of the Professional Photographers of California and who has been of personal help and support for the president.

This award is given by the current president of the association