P. P. A. R. I.

Professional Photographers Association of Rhode Island

 

 

 

Peter J. Lapolla has been a professional photographer for more than thirty years earning numerous state and national awards, including the prestigious PPA National Award from PPARI in 1992, the “Rudy” Graziani Memorial Service Award in 1991, and various Kodak Gallery and Fuji Masterpiece awards for photographic excellence.  Peter received the PPANE Kodak Gallery award in 2002, the PPANE Hastings award in 1995 and the PPANE Court of Honors award  in 1994. 

 

Peter is currently on the Board of Directors and Historian for PPARI and served as its President from 1981 to 1983.  He is a past member of the PPANE Nominating Committee.

In 1995, Peter received his Master of Photography degree in Chicago and the following year he was awarded his Photographic Craftsman degree in Orlando.

Peter is a 1968 graduate of the Rhode Island School of Photography and owns and operates Lapolla Studio in Cranston, RI.