Joan Walker
Member
NPPA
Morehead City, NC, USA
Master of Photography (M. Photog.)
Certified Professional Photographer (CPP)
~2018 (NC) & 2017 (VA) ASP State Elite Award
~2018 & 2017 Top 10 Photographer (VPPA)
~2018 Photojournalism/1st (PPNC)
~2018 Out of State Member/1st Overall (VPPA)
~2017 Best In Show (VPPA)
~2017 Court of Honor/Photojournalism
~2017 CPP Award (VPPA)
~2016 Grand Imaging Award (PPA)
~2016 & 2014 Team USA Photographer / World Photographic Cup
~Gold Medalist|Photographer of the Year (2015)
~Team USA - Reportage/Photojournalism at WPC 2014
~Multiple Loan Images
~Multiple General Collection Images
~Certified Professional Photographer (CPP)
The Basics: Walker has been shooting (and writing) professionally as a photojournalist for most of her career, dating back to her first nationally published photo and article in 1990. During Walker’s career, her work has garnered more than 50 national nominations and awards, and her work is published regularly in books, magazines and newspapers.
Walker has consistently ranked in competition as one of the state's top photographers in the Hampton Roads area since beginning competitions in 2013, and now as top in the state in North Carolina. She has also been awarded in the top three nationally (Grand Imaging Awards) and has represented the United States twice on a team of 12 photographers in the World Photographic Cup.
Walker holds a degree in Journalism (B.S.) and a degree in Creative Writing (B.A.) from the University of Evansville.
Walker is a professional member of the National Press Photographer’s Association (NPPA), the American Society of Photographers (ASP), the Virginia Professional Photographers Association (VPPA), the Professional Photographers of North Carolina (PPNC), and Professional Photographers of America (PPA). Walker is also a NIKON Pro.
2016 - Team USA - Wedding, 2016 - Grand Imaging Awards | 3rd Place, 2015 - Gold Medal|Photographer of the Year, 2015 - Highest Scoring Image|Wedding Category, 2014 - Team USA - Reportage | Photojournalism
- Arts
- Breaking news
- Corporate
- Editorial
- Environment
- Interview
- Landscape
- Portrait
- Reporting
- Sports
- Still life
- Wildlife