Last Sunday I was named Photographer of the Year by the San Francisco Bay Area Press Photographers Association! This is truly a huge honor, and it wouldn’t be possible without my co-workers Brad and Mike (who are pictured here), my mentors Wes Pope and Richard Koci-Hernandez, and my beautiful girlfriend Sara.
It was the first time in the history of the organization that someone from a small newspaper has won the award, and all night people kept coming up to me and telling me how happy they were about that. In the photo above Bryan Patrick of the Sacramento Bee, who won the award last year, was telling me not to get to used to the trophy because he’s coming back for it next year.
Hope all is well and I’ll post some of the photos from the portfolio soon.
Chris
Congratulations Chris Jordan. That is a big honor. You deserve it!