“I talked art with people I never imagined I would meet, or at least not as an 18-year-old freshman.”
– Bonnie Rae Mills, 2009 YPA Award

2010 YPA Award Ceremony & Benefit Auction

The 2010 YPA Awards, including scholarships funded by Alamy, ASMP and Photolibrary, will be presented October 12, 2010, at our annual Award Ceremony and Benefit Auction in NYC. Details will be published shortly.

Buy tickets online Tickets cost $50 if purchased online in advance or $75 on the door.

2009 YPA Award Ceremony & Benefit Auction

We celebrated our first ever awards ceremony in style on October 13th in New York City. Over 150 people, including heads of stock agencies and industry organizations, renowned photographers, and other significant players in the world of photography, witnessed the honoring of five promising students of photography, selected through the Worldstudio AIGA Scholarship Program: Julianne Jamora (School of Visual Arts), Khrystyna Chekhlata (Pratt Institute), Bonnie Rae Mills (Academy of Arts University), Shannon Soule (Ringling College of Art and Design) and Nicole Nolan (Pratt Institute). Samples of their work may be found here.

Young Photographers Alliance Scholarship Award Winners 2009

YPA Award Winners (Bonnie Rae Mills, Shannon Soule, Julianne Jamora, Khrystyna Chekhlata, Nicole Nolan) & Jerry Tavin

Awards were kindly presented by masters of photography Mark Seliger, Mary Ellen Mark, and Fred Conrad, and industry leaders, Mark Randall from WorldStudio and Lauren Wendle, VP/Publisher PDN.

The silent auction of over 100 original signed prints culminated in an excited flurry of bidding towards the end of the evening, helping raise additional funds for YPA’s programs, including mentoring, internships and future scholarships. Prints were generously donated by esteemed photographers from around the world, including Jim Brandenburg, Jill Enfield, Henry Horenstein, Stephen Mallon, Arthur Meyerson, Martin Parr, Joyce Tenneson, Pete Turner, Diego Uchitel, and many others.

The Young Photographers Alliance gratefully acknowledges the generous support of its sponsors and affiliates. The 2009 Young Photographers Alliance Awards were given through the WorldStudio AIGA Scholarship Program, with additional support from Alamy.

See a photo record of the occasion

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