Press Release:
Mike Bentley of Bentley Photography in Winder has earned the Photographic Craftsman degree from Professional Photographers of America. The degree was presented to Bentley by PPA President Louis Tonsmeire, Cr. Photog. Hon. M. Photog., API at the association’s annual convention, Imaging USA held January 16 – 18, 2011 in San Antonio, Texas.
Bentley has met the standards of excellence set by the Professional Photographers of America. He has been awarded the Photographic Craftsman degree in recognition of his service to the photographic profession as an orator, author and mentor. By earning this degree Bentley joins a group of approximately 2100 other photographers in the world that hold this prestigious degree.
PPA, a worldwide association, exists to assist its more than 22,000 members in achieving their professional, artistic and fraternal goals; promote public awareness of the profession; and to advance the making of images in all of its disciplines as an art, a science and a visual recorder of history.