Communicator of the Year Award from the Metropolitan New York Labor Communications Council for "leading the way in portraying the dignity of working people and the ravages of unsafe working conditions."

1999

Visiting Scholar, Harvard School of Public Health Occupational Health Program (No Stipend). HSPH provides technical and networking support for photodocumentary project on the hazards of working in the commercial fishing industry. The appointment is through the Fall of the year 2000 with reappointment available. ...next page >

1998

Semifinalist, Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for THE QUIET SICKNESS, A Photographic Chronicle of Hazardous Work In America. Published in May 1998 by AIHA Press.

1997

Finalist, Harry Chapin Media Award, Category: Best Photojournalism, for The Quiet Sickness exhibit, book and Columbia Journalism Review article.

1991

Finalist, Alicia Patterson Photojournalism Fellowship

1988

Recipient, Leica Medal of Excellence Award, Nat'l Capitol Region

1985

Photograph and citation, in A World History of Photography, by Naomi Rosenblum, pages 532 and 534, Abbeville Press.

1983

Eight-page portfolio published in Photo/Revue, edited by Sebastiao Salgado; Paris, France.

1981

Finalist, W. Eugene Smith Fellowship

Recipient, Creative Artist Program Grant, NY State Council for the Arts.

Ten-page portfolio published in American Photographer magazine with essay by Walter Rosenblum. ...next page >

1978

"The Art Annual Award, Communication Arts," for Best Black and White Editorial Photography as published in Quest/77 Magazine in article entitled, "Coal, Past and Future Fuel."

Review, The New York Times Sunday "Photography View" column by Gene Thornton cited the Gallery 1199 coal mining exhibit, "In Our Blood," as "one of the ten most important photographic events of 1977."

1976

Recipient, National Magazine Award for The United Mine Workers Journal in category of Specialized Journalism, as photographer along with two staff writers.