Honors & Awards

Los Angeles Dodgers outfileder Manny Ramirez gets doused by teammate Takashi Saito after the Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 3-1 to win the National League Division Series at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles Calif. (The Press-Enterprise/ Mark Zaleski)

Los Angeles Dodgers outfileder Manny Ramirez gets  

doused by teammate Takashi Saito after the Dodgers  

beat the Chicago Cubs 3-1 to win the National League Division Series at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles Calif.  

(The Press-Enterprise/ Mark Zaleski) 

Pictures of the Year International 

Photographer of the year, third place, 2003 

Best of Photojournalism 

Photographer of the year, honorable mention, 2003 

National Press Photographers Association 

Photographer of the year, Region 10, 2010 

Photographer of the year, Region 10, 2009 

Photographer of the year, Region 10, 2000 

Press Photographers of Greater Los Angeles 

Photographer of the year, 2010 

Photographer of the year, 2008 

Photographer of the year, 2007 

World Press Photo Foundation 

First Place, nature category, California Wildfires, 2003 

First Place, sports story, Paralympic Games, 1996 

Pictures of the Year International 

Third Place, portrait, Code Breaker, 2002 

Award of Excellence, feature picture story, Todd & Marci, 2000 

Award of Excellence, sports picture story, Paralympic Games, 1996 

Award of Excellence, multiple page news story, Southern California Wildfires, 1993 

Best of Photojournalism 

Second Place, sports feature, MLB All-Star Game, 2010 

Second Place, domestic news story, Doing Time With Mom, 2007 

Third Place, feature story, Work Among The Dead, 2003 

Honorable Mention, feature story, Fat America, 2003 

Honorable Mention, domestic news, 9/11 Attack On America, 2001 

Associated Press News Executives Council Award 

Second Place, sports, Girls Basketball Defeat, 2008 

Second Place, spot news, Esperanza Fire Funeral, 2006 

First Place, portrait, Code Breaker, 2002 

First Place, picture story, Rebuilding A Life, 2002 

First Place, portrait, 108-Year-Old Man, 2001 

First Place, picture story, Todd & Marci, 2001 

Second Place, picture story, Inland Drug Empire, 2001 

First Place, portrait, Raising Our Children, 2000 

First Place, picture story, Burn Center, 1995 

First Place, sports photo, Soccer Players, 1991 

National Headliners Award 

Third Place, Boy On Transformer Tower, 1997 

Best of Gannett Award 

First Place, Burn Center Project, 1995 

Outstanding Individual Achievement Award, 1997 

Second Place, non-deadline photography, 1998 

Third Place, deadline photography, 1998 

William Randolph Hearst Foundation 

Finalist, photojournalism awards contest, 1991 and 1989