“A prevailing mood over the whole experience was that I was finally being taken seriously as an artist. No condescension, just people living and breathing photography.”
– Bonnie Rae Mills, 2009 YPA Award

Founding members, sponsors & supporters

We are enormously grateful for the help afforded by our founding members and other supporters:

Carolyn Guidoin, Cathy Aron, Cheryl Anderson, Don Bitzer, Howard Tavin Trio, Joy Goldkind, Kari Pemberton, Kendall Higbee Consulting Services, Lanny Ziering, Laura Carroll, Lindsey Nicholson, Michael Dougherty, Nancy Wolff, New York Art Gallery, Paddy Vargas, Patti Schuman, Paul Henning, Paul Stavrand, Renee Martin, Shannon Fagan, Shannon Mahoney, Veronika Roux-Vachova.

We are especially grateful for the help afforded by our associate and higher level members and sponsors:

Blackburn Donehue, Cathy Sachs, Deborah Free (Founder), Edward Leigh (Founder), Erin Moroney/Axiom, Jerry Tavin (Founder), Jeffrey Burke and Lorraine Triolo, Jose Azel/Aurora Photos, Lynn Brantley and Douglas Tuttle, Lynn Martin (Executive Director), Sandy Sharp (in memory of), Sarah Fix, and ...