There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer. ~Ansel Adams

Print Awards for Dan Thornton

2010  Spr  Top Ten Photographers
2010  Spr  Best Illustrative1st place Alpha Male
2010  Spr  Best Illustrative2nd place After the Storm
2010  Spr  Kodak Gallery AwardIllustrativeAfter The Storm
2010  Spr  4 for 4
2009  Spr  Top Ten Photographers
2009  Spr  Best Illustrative3rd place Like a Fox
2009  Spr  Best Digital3rd place Hobgoblin
2009  Spr  Best Commercial2nd place Somewhere Along Route 89
2009  Spr  Kodak Gallery AwardSomewhere Along Route 89
2009  Spr  4 for 4
2009  Fall  Photographer of the Year1st place
2009  Fall  Best of Show1st place
2009  Fall  Top Ten Photographers
2009  Fall  Best Illustrative1st place Wild Thing
2009  Fall  Kodak Gallery AwardIllustrativeAlpha Male
2009  Fall  PPA Certified high score
2009  Fall  ASP High Score1st place
2009  Fall  4 for 4
2009  Fall  4 for 4
2008  Spr  Top Ten Photographers
2008  Spr  Best Electronic Image1st place Arachnophobia
2008  Spr  Best Electronic Image3rd place Hollowed Ground
2008  Spr  Kodak Gallery AwardArachnophobia
2008  Spr  PPA Certified high score
2008  Spr  4 for 4
2008  Fall  Photographer of the Year
2008  Fall  Best of Show1st place Like a Fox
2008  Fall  Top Ten Photographers
2008  Fall  Best Illustrative1st place Somewhere Along Route 89
2008  Fall  Best Digital2nd place Utah Mountain Bike Adventure
2008  Fall  Best Black & White3rd place Fenced in Frontier
2008  Fall  Kodak Gallery AwardDigitalUtah Mountain Bike Adventure
2008  Fall  Kodak Gallery AwardIllustrativeSomewhere Along Route 89
2008  Fall  PPA Certified high score
2008  Fall  4 for 4
2007  Spr  Top Ten Photographers
2007  Spr  Best Illustrative1st place Yea, Though I Walk Through the Valley
2007  Spr  4 for 4
2007  Fall  Best Illustrative1st place Monolithic
2007  Fall  Best Digital1st place Voo Doo
2007  Fall  Best Black & White3rd place Old General and Sarge
2007  Fall  Kodak Gallery AwardIllustrativeMonolithic
2007  Fall  Kodak Gallery AwardDigitalVoo Doo
2006  Spr  Top Ten Photographers
2006  Spr  4 for 4
2006  Fall  Best Illustrative1st place Yeah Though I Walk Through the Valley
2006  Fall  Best Digital1st place Mystic Mountain
2005  Spr  Photographer of the Year
2005  Spr  Best of ShowSandscape
2005  Spr  Top Ten Photographers
2005  Spr  Kodak Gallery AwardIllustrativeSandscape
2005  Spr  PPA Certified high score1st place Sandscape
2005  Spr  ASP High Score1st place Sandscape
2005  Spr  4 for 4
2005  Fall  Best of ShowLighthouse Point
2005  Fall  Best Illustrative1st place First Light at Beaver Lake
2005  Fall  Best Illustrative3rd place Walking Among the Titans
2004  Spr  Top Ten Photographers
2004  Spr  3 Seals
2004  Fall  Best of ShowGrand View
2004  Fall  Best Illustrative2nd place Wind, Rain, & Time
2004  Fall  Best Illustrative3rd place Sandscape
2003  Spr  Photographer of the Year
2003  Spr  Top Ten Photographers
2003  Spr  Best Illustrative1st place
2003  Spr  Best Illustrative3rd place
2003  Spr  Best Commercial1st place
2003  Spr  Kodak Gallery AwardIllustrative
2003  Spr  PPA Certified high score1st place
2003  Spr  4 for 4
2003  Fall  Best Illustrative1st place
2003  Fall  Best Digital2nd place
2002  Spr  Best Commercial3rd place
2002  Spr  4 for 4
2002  Spr  National Award
2002  Fall  Best Illustrative2nd place
2002  Fall  Best Digital Folio1st place
2001  Spr  Photographer of the Year
2001  Spr  Top Ten Photographers
2001  Spr  Best Illustrative2nd place
2001  Spr  Best Digital2nd place
2001  Spr  Kodak Gallery AwardDigital
2001  Spr  Kodak Gallery AwardIllustrative
2001  Spr  4 for 4
2000  Spr  Top Ten Photographers
2000  Spr  Best Illustrative1st place
1999  Spr  Photographer of the Year
1999  Spr  Top Ten Photographers
1999  Spr  Best Illustrative1st place
1999  Spr  Kodak Gallery AwardIllustrative
1999  Spr  PPA Certified high score1st place
1998  Fall  Best Illustrative1st place
1998  Fall  Best Illustrative3rd place
1997  Spr  Top Ten Photographers
1996  Spr  Top Ten Photographers
1996  Spr  4 for 4
1995  Spr  Top Ten Photographers
1995  Spr  Kodak Gallery AwardIllustrative
1994  Spr  Top Ten Photographers
1993  Spr  Top Ten Photographers
1993  Spr  Kodak Gallery AwardIllustrative
1993  Spr  PPA Certified high score1st place
1992  Spr  Top Ten Photographers
1992  Spr  Kodak Gallery AwardIllustrative
1992  Fall  Best Illustrative1st place
1991  Spr  Top Ten Photographers
1990  Spr  Best of Show
1990  Spr  Top Ten Photographers
1990  Spr  Kodak Gallery AwardPortrait
1990  Fall  Best Illustrative1st place
1989  Spr  Kodak Gallery AwardWedding
1986  Spr  Top Ten Photographers
Aug 1st 2010 APPI
Convention Information is now posted.
Aug 1st 2010 APPI
Come cruise Route 66 with us. Break out your motorcycle, classic car, or any other ride and spend the day reliving old memories, building new ones, and making photos. Leaving Springfield on 8/29 at 9am and going until noon or so. More details coming.