PPA's membership spans the full range of professional photography specialties—wedding, portrait, commercial, event, school, sports, editorial, architectural, drone, and fine art photography among them. Members include full-time studio owners, independent freelancers, and emerging professionals building their first businesses.
The common thread is professional intent. PPA members are not hobbyists. They are photographers who earn income from their work and invest in the tools, education, and credentials that sustain a photography business over time.
PPA also works with corporate members—vendors, labs, software companies, and equipment manufacturers that serve the professional photography market. Corporate membership creates a bridge between the brands photographers rely on and the community that uses their products daily.
PPA's Board is composed of practicing professional photographers elected by the membership. Board members oversee organizational strategy, set policy, and appoint committee leadership. The current Board Chair is Mark Campbell, M.Photog.Hon.M.Photog.Cr., CPP, API.
Elected councilors represent every U.S. state, U.S. territories, and Canada. Council members are nominated and elected every three years by PPA members in their state and are required to attend the annual meeting at Imaging USA. The Council handles association business including bylaws, adopted procedures, and election of the Board of Directors.
Volunteer committees manage specific areas of the organization, including awards, conventions, credentialing, ethics, nominations, speaker selection, and school/sports/events photography. Committee members are working photographers who contribute their expertise directly to PPA operations.
