Joseph Costa Award
Awarded to an individual for most outstanding initiative, leadership,
and service in advancing the goals of NPPA in the tradition of Joseph
Costa, a founder of NPPA, its first president and chairman of the board
(one award each year; established in 1954).
Joseph Costa also edited the official NPPA magazine, then called the
National Press Photographer, from 1946 to 1966. For nearly 44 years, he
was a photographer, chief photographer, or photo supervisor for the New York
Morning World, New York Daily News, New York Mirror, and King Features Syndicate
(when the New York Mirror folded). Until 1985,
he taught photojournalism at Ball State University, Muncie, IN., where he
was awarded an honorary degree upon retirement. Joe Costa died in 1988.
Claude Cookman's book, A Voice is Born, written for the NPPA,
describes the role Costa played in the founding of the organization.
1954-1960 | 1961-1970 | 1971-1980 | 1981-1990 | 1991-2000
- 2007
- Pat Holloway
- 2006
- Greg Smith
- 2005
- Donald R. Winslow
- 2004
- Bob Lynn
- 2003
- John Cornell
- 2002
- Maria Mann
- 2001
- Steve Sweitzer
- 2000
- Bill Luster
- 1999
- Kenny Irby
- 1998
- Mary Lou Foy
- 1997
- Bob Lynn
- 1996
- Tom Kennedy
- 1995
- Frank Folwell
- 1994
- John Long
- 1993
- Sandra Eisert
- 1992
- William H. Strode
- 1991
- Larry Hatteberg
- 1990
- Tony Spina
- 1989
- C. Thomas Hardin
- 1988
- J. Charles Gardner
- 1987
- Colburn Hvidston III
- 1986
- Barry Edmonds
- 1985
- Harvey A. Weber
- 1984
- William Seymour
- 1983
- Jack Corn
- 1982
- James Gordon
- 1981
- Kenneth Cooke
- 1980
- Gary Settle
- 1979
- John Faber
- 1978
- Robert Brush
- 1977
- Charles Cooper
- 1976
- Cornelius Keyes
- 1975
- Michael A. Andersen
- 1974
- June Glenn Jr.
- 1973
- Ernie Crisp
- 1972
- Jack Bradley
- 1971
- Robert E. Strongman
- 1970
- David Hamer
- 1969
- Richard C. Clarkson
- 1968
- Sam C. Pierson Jr.
- 1967
- Marshall Dussinger
- 1966
- John Ahlhauser
- 1965
- Cal Olson
- 1964
- Phillips Butler
- 1963
- Ed Maker
- 1962
- James Godbold
- 1961
- Robert East
- 1960
- Don Swenson
- 1959
- Charles Higgins
- 1958
- John Rammel
- 1957
- Morris Berman
- 1956
- Wilfred d'Aquin
- 1955
- Gordon Yoder
- 1954
- Joseph Benetti
