Jeff Fuller of Canon presents Jennifer Brown of The Star-Ledger the 2009 New York Press Photographers Photographer of the Year Award at the 74th NYPPA Annual Dinner at Terrace on the Park on Friday May 29,2009. (Photo by Mark Dye)Reuters Shannon Stapleton is with David Goldman-Freelance who won the Best in Show for his image "Harlem Reacts to Obama Win" at the 74th NYPPA Annual Dinner at Terrace on the Park on Friday May 29,2009. (Photo by Mark Dye)The 2009 NYPPA Dinner was a great time had by all that attended.

The Best in Show was the image "Harlem Reacts to Obama Win" by David Goldman-Freelance and the 2009 Photographer of the Year was given to Jennifer Brown-The Star-Ledger.

The 120 guests enjoyed a evening of socializing with fellow photographers and to the music of the Steve Berger Band. We want to thank all the sponsors that helped support the event which included Canon who gave the Photographer of the Year a 5D Mark II camera.

The other sponsors were Reuters, The Star-Ledger, Associated Press, Dane-Elec, Sigma, Nikon, Datacolor, Diskeeper, ThinkTank, M-Rock Bags, Adorama, Tiffen-Domke, Daily News, Imagenomic, Western Digital, Getty Images, Worldwide Media Group, Delkin & European Pressphoto Agency.

Once again Mary Alice Williams was the Mistress of Ceremonies.

The event was not to be missed and we wish that all the members would have attended.

[+] View photos from the event. Photos by Mark Dye.