Award Winners

PAPA Aerial Photographer of the Year

Each year, this award is presented to a PAPA member who has demonstrated an outstanding contribution to aerial photography, based on the following criteria:

Continuous excellence in aerial photography
Significant contribution to aerial photography
In the public eye via books, exhibits, lectures, publications or visual presentations in other forms
Made a single outstanding achievement
Long term service to the association or its members
Minimum of 3 years PAPA membership

The award, a commemorative piece in etched crystal, is presented at the PAPA International Annual Convention. The first award was bestowed in 2006.The award is sponsored by Epson and Logix of Michigan, sellers of Epson and other professional printers & printing supplies.

2013 Aerial Photographer of the Year: Allen Macbean

The Professional Aerial Photographers Association International (PAPA) is pleased to announce that Allen Macbean of Photographic Solutions, Orem, Utah has been selected to receive the 2013 EPSON Aerial Photographer of the Year award.

The Epson Aerial Photographer of the Year award, a commemorative etched crystal eagle, was presented at the PAPA International Annual Conference on March 16, 2013 which took place in Baton Rouge, LA. The award is sponsored by Epson and Logix of Michigan, sellers of Epson and other professional printers & printing supplies.

Previous Recipients of the EPSON Aerial Photographer of the Year

2012: Jim Wark, of AirPhoto in Colorado
2011: Yvonne Sanderson of Focal Plane Photography in Cleveland, Ohio
2010: Mark Holtzman of West Coast Aerial Photography in Los Angeles, California
2009: Yves Tremblay, of PhotoHelico in Quebec, Canada
2008: Lee Ross, of Rosspilot in New York
2007: Herb Lingl, of Aerial Archives in San Francisco
2006: Jim Wark, of AirPhoto in Colorado