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