The Photo Imaging Manufacturers and Distributors Association (PMDA) recently announced that Michio Kariya, President, CEO and COO of Nikon Corporation, will receive the association’s 2010 Person of the Year Award. The award will be presented at the annual PMDA awards dinner on February 20, 2010 in Anaheim, California, prior to the opening of the 2010 PMA show.
Other recipients to be honored at the gala event include: Choong-Hyun Hwang, Vice President, Strategic Marketing Team, at Samsung Digital Imaging Company for Technical Achievement; Jason Schneider, a longtime writer and editor in the photography industry, for Lifetime Achievement; and world-renowned photojournalist Walter Iooss with the Professional Photographer Award. In addition, Vyomesh “VJ” Yoshi, Executive Vice President of Hewlett-Packard’s Imaging and Printing Group, will receive PMDA’s Visionary Award.
