San Francisco photographer Mel Lindstrom closed out 2007 with six silver-trophy Davey Awards; one bronze Summit Award; five accolades at the Hermes Awards (three platinum, one gold and an honorable mention); a gold and a silver Addy Award; and one award at the APA National Competition, all recognizing his photos for recent advertising campaigns.

Danita Delimont, principal of the Danita Delimont Stock Agency and a leader in the digital photo image industry, has been named co-president of the West Coast chapter of the American Society of Picture Professionals. In her new position, Delimont will spearhead the chapter's education program with a special emphasis on licensing and technology advances.

Pete Saloutos of Bainbridge Island, Wash., recently released a calendar for 2008 featuring Lisa Lund and 11 other models to support those with breast cancer and the research for its cure. Visit petesaloutos.com to view the entire calendar, and e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to purchase.

Jane S. Kinne, a commercial stock photography pioneer, died Nov. 3, 2007, as a result of complications following surgery. She was 82.

Kinne committed her time to several organizations, including the Picture Archive Council of America (PACA), the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) and the American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP). She worked in the 1970s to bring professional regard to...

Barton ‘Bart' L. Attebery, 78, former head of the Department of Commercial Photography at Seattle Central Community College, passed away Dec. 11, 2007.

The Laramie, Wyo., native earned a B.A. in commercial photography at the Art Center in Los Angeles. He met his future wife, Margaret "Maggie" Besette, in 1950 and later moved to Seattle where, by 1962, Attebery established...

Paul Harmel, chairman and CEO of Lifetouch, received the 2008 Hall of Fame award from the International Photographic Council, a nongovernmental organization of the United Nations.

Brooks Institute faculty, staff and alumni were recipients of four top awards from the 2008 Photo Imaging Education Association (PIEA) International Student-Teacher Photo Competition and Exhibition in Jackson, Mich., held in December 2007.

Brooks student Adam Rose received the grand prize in the College/University-Portfolio category, while faculty member Bruce Burkhardt received...

A photo by Grant Morris, a Brooks Institute visual journalism student, appeared on a two-page spread in the Nov. 25, 2007, issue of Time magazine. The photo, depicting the devastating Malibu, Calif., fires of October 2007, was also picked up by MSNBC for broadcast.

San Francisco photographer Peter Hobbs Digrazia was nominated in the Fine Art, Abstract and Nature categories at the Photography Masters Cup Contest, an online competition recognizing excellence in color photography. Digrazia also recently premiered his first show, "Asleep in America," at the Museums of Los Gatos in California.

Award-winning photographer Burt Glinn, whose images of Fidel Castro's takeover of Cuba won him international renown, died April 9 at age 82 in Southampton, N.Y., after suffering from kidney failure and pneumonia.

Glinn was born Burton Samuel Glinn in Pittsburgh in 1925 and later served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946. He earned degrees in history and literature from Harvard University in 1949 and went on to work for Life magazine as a photo assistant from 1949 to 1950.

He became one of the first American members of Magnum Photo in 1951, along with...