KATHY MEEK

M. Photog., Cr., CPP, API

Kathy Meek is co-owner of Gary’s Studio of Photography in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Kathy has received her Master of Photography and Photographic Craftsman degrees from PPA and is a Certified Professional Photographer.  She is also and an Approved Photographic Instructor (API) and is a PPA International Juror. She has received the Image Excellence Award from PPA. She has received the Associate Fellowship, Fellowship and Senior Fellowship Degrees from Arkansas Professional Photographers Association and the Associate Fellowship and Fellowship and Senior Fellowship from SWPPA.

Kathy is active in State, Regional and National Associations.  She is a Past President of Arkansas Professional Photographers Association.  She is a Past President of Southwestern Professional Photographers Association and the American Society of Photographers.  She has served on the Professional Photographers of America Board of Directors.

She has received numerous image awards on the State, Regional and International levels.   She has received the Distinguished Service Award from Arkansas Professional Photographers Association and the PPA National Award from Arkansas Professional Photographers Association, Southwestern Professional Photographers Association and the American Society of Photographers.

Kathy has received the Tom McDonald Award (formally the Gerhard Bakker Award).  The Tom McDonald Award is presented by PPA to an individual, school, company or organization that best epitomizes outstanding service through education in the field of photography and visual communications..