Betty Barker Award

Portrait of Betty Barker courtesy of Max Tiller.

The Betty Barker Award was established in 1974, in memory of Elizabeth (Betty) Barker, a fellow photographer, active organizer and long-time SPS member, as a special award for artistic achievement in photo essay competition. It was subsequently changed to an award for outstanding service to the SPS.

  • 1974 – R. K. MacCrone, Russ McDowell
  • 1975 – Lillian Flynt, R. K. MacCrone
  • 1976 – Lillian Flynt, R. K. MacCrone
  • 1977 – P. E. McElligott, Edith Raviola
  • 1978 – Nick Argyros, Ken Deitcher, P. E. McElligott
  • 1979 – R. Anderson, Lillian Flynt, P. E. McElligott
  • 1980 – Nick Argyros, Ken Deitcher
  • 1981 – Roy Hershey
  • 1982 – H. Forget, Jackie Tidd
  • 1983 – Stephanie Carhart, Ken Deitcher
  • 1984 – Frank Flynt, Kay Stevens
  • 1985 – Ken Amsler, Max Tiller
  • 1986 – Lillian Flynt, Frank Flynt
  • 1987 – Ken Deitcher, Edith Raviola
  • 1988 – Jacob Amsler, Donald Krauter
  • 1989 – Frank Flynt, Louie Powell
  • 1990 – Nick Argyros, Dot Lynch
  • 1991 – Nick Argyros, Ken Deitcher
  • 1992 – Ken Deitcher, Ruby Gold
  • 1993 – Dot Lynch, Ted Zuk
  • 1994 – Tom Mack, Susan Rosenthal
  • 1995 – Barb (Green) Knight
  • 1996 – Tom Mack, Chuck McKinney
  • 1999 – Tom Knight, Donald Krauter
  • 2000 – Frank Bumbardatore, Pat Murphy
  • 2001 – Judy Breslau, John Ogden
  • 2002 – Barb Knight, Linda Buckman
  • 2003 – Tom Mack, Frank Bumbardatore
  • 2004 – Debra Van Deusen, Jim Craner
  • 2005 – N. Sukumar, Jeff Perkins
  • 2006 – Bob Gough, Kevin Sarsfield
  • 2007 – Linda Buckman, Ruby Gold
  • 2008 – Judy Breslau, John Ogden, Kevin Sarsfield
  • 2009 – Frank Bumbardatore, Bob Gough
  • 2010 – Ray Henrikson, Rob Near
  • 2011 – Bob Gough
  • 2012 – Kim Koza, Luba Ricket
  • 2013 – Doug Mitchell, Julie Palyswiat
  • 2014 – Soumita Sarkar, Pat McCormick
  • 2016 – Linda Tommasulo, Sean Sullivan
  • 2017 – Linda Tommasulo, Sean Sullivan
  • 2018 – Bert van Grondelle, Jerry Boehm
  • 2019 – Ferdie Bowman, Phil Olivo
  • 2022 – Linda Tommasulo, Sean Sullivan
  • 2023 – Neil Shapiro, Alan Wiggins