The Picture Licensing Universal System (PLUS) Coalition, an international nonprofit standards organization, has made a significant expansion to its board of directors for 2008. PLUS directors are noted industry professionals, participating on behalf of leading nonprofit associations and designated to represent industries with which they have...

Eighteen images from "Passage Perceptions," a series by Portland-based photographer Brad Carlile, were on display in downtown Munich's Galerie Maurer from Feb. 1 to March 8. The 30- x 40-inch prints were created on film without digital manipulation. In these works, Carlile explores the realities of impermanence in light, color and the passage of time, resulting in vivid, natural colors.

Seattle's Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW) has named Annie Van Avery its new executive director. Van Avery comes to PCNW from New York City with an extensive photography background and has developed connections with a number of artistic communities nationwide.

She founded the Center for Photographic Studies in Vermont, where she served as its executive director. She has also worked as an education director for...

Ray Pfortner has been selected as the new director of education for Seattle's Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW). He is responsible for all aspects of the development and implementation of PCNW's fine-art curriculum and faculty concerns.

A previous faculty member himself, the 30-year veteran has been a photography instructor since 2001 and serves as a consultant to photographers on business practices and book publishing.

James Balog, of Boulder, Colo., has been named the 2008 Outstanding Photographer of the Year by the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA).

The organization will honor Balog for two decades of groundbreaking nature photography. NANPA will present the award at its 14th Annual Summit on March 1, 2008, in Destin, Fla., which will feature a presentation from Balog about his "Extreme Ice Survey" project.

Photographer, curator and writer John Szarkowski, best known for bringing awareness and appreciation to the discipline as director of photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, passed away on July 7 at the age of 81. He died from complications related to a stroke.

Early in his career, Szarkowski won two Guggenheim grants for his photography, but focused most of his attention on...

The Lucie Awards, produced by the International Photography Awards, will celebrate its honorees and winners from the 2007 IPA competition at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in New York City on Oct. 15.

The IPA 2007 honorees included: Elliot Erwitt for Lifetime Achievement; Kenro Izu for the Visionary Award; Ralph Gibson for Achievement in Fine Art; Eugene Richards for Achievement in Documentary; Philip Jones Griffiths for...

Phil Borges, of Mercer Island, Wash., was one of 15 finalists nominated for the second annual Purpose Prize, sponsored by the Seattle-based Civic Ventures. He was recognized for his work with socially relevant photography and for his nonprofit project, Bridges to Understanding.

The finalists, which were required to be 60 years of age or older, were selected for their influence on issues of social importance. Five of them received $100,000 and the remaining 10 received $10,000, Borges being one of the latter group.

Michael and Patricia Fogden, of North Uist, Scotland, will receive 2008 Lifetime Achievement Awards from NANPA, recognizing their work with natural history subjects. Bates Littlehales, of Circleville, Wis., a retired photographer who specialized in natural history photography and underwater work for the National Geographic Society, will be honored with the second 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award.

Also,  NANPA Fellow Awards will be presented to Kathy Moran, of Washington, D.C.; Danita Delimont, of Bellevue, Wash.; and Tom Vezo, of Green Valley, Ariz. Also to be recognized are...

This year's winner of the Patron Saint Award is Joan Dooley, a photography teacher at Bell High School Humanitas Academy in Los Angeles. The teaching award recognizes a high school, college or postgraduate-level educator for their passion for teaching photography.

Other notable candidates from the western United States...