Josef Scaylea, one of the Seattle Times’ most recognized photographers, died on July 20 of natural causes, at the age of 91.

The son of Italian immigrants, Scaylea was born Josef Scaglia on a Connecticut farm in 1913. He attended a photography school in New York, then put his newly-polished skills to work in corporate and trade publications. After serving as an army photographer in the Pacific during World War II, he settled in Seattle. He was hired by the Seattle Times and spent the next 35 years...

Jim Felt and Henry Ngan, owners of Studio 3, recently celebrated the 30th year of their photography business. The two high school friends founded the business in 1974. At its peak, they had studios in four cities, including Detroit and Greensboro, N.C. Since then, they have focused on operating studios in Seattle and Portland, Ore., with a staff of seven photographers.

The studio’s capabilities include film and digital, in-studio or on-location, with scouting, casting, styling and...

Ed Glazer, founder of Glazer’s Camera in Seattle, died June 8 at the age of 95. Glazer launched his business in 1935, from a location on First Avenue, not far from Pioneer Square. With the goal of becoming Seattle’s finest photography resource, Glazer moved the store to Third Avenue in the 1960s, followed by another move to its current location at Eighth and Republican in the early 90's.

Many internationally known photographers, such as Bob Peterson and Chuck Kuhn, credit Glazer with helping them through the early days of their careers, and recall many...

Jenifer Schramm has resigned her position as executive director of the Photographic Center Northwest. Schramm joined the nonprofit, community-based center as education director in 1998, and became executive director in 2001.

During her tenure, PCNW became a regional art center hosting classes, lectures and exhibits by internationally recognized photographers and collectors, including Bruce Davidson, Graciela Iturbide, Mary Ellen Mark, Sebastiao Salgado and Paul Brainerd.

Michael Grecco, a photographer based in Santa Monica, Calif., has completed an advertising campaign for the propane industry that features Mr. Propane, a character he helped develop. Grecco's work has appeared recently on the covers of Wired and USA Weekend, and in Time and Men's Health Best Life.

A new TV series called "Making It Big" featured Seattle commercial photographer Linda Young of Red Dot Studios. The reality series is based on the book, "Wildly Sophisticated: A Bold New Attitude to Career Success," by Nicole Williams, the show's creative producer.

Young was selected as one of the three finalists to compete in a "career opportunity of a lifetime" against two other up-and-coming photographers.

The episode aired on the Oxygen Network on March 12.

Bambi Cantrell, of Walnut Creek, Calif., has been recognized by Wedding Portrait Photographers International with the International Photographic Council Leadership Award.

Cantrell's images have appeared in The New York Times, American Photo and Ebony, as well as a number of other publications. She also teaches workshops and seminars at the Santa Fe Workshops, the WPPI convention and...

Karen Huntt and Michele Westmorland have received sponsorship for a new project called "Headhunt Revisited." The project will celebrate the achievements of artist/explorers Caroline Mytinger and Margaret Warner, who chronicled various cultures in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands in the 1920s.

Westmoreland and Huntt plan to retrace the steps of the pioneering women and document the changes that have occurred through...

The International Fencing Federation has chosen Serge Timacheff, a partner with Tiger Mountain Photo in Issaquah, Wash., as the official photographer for all fencing competitions at the Summer Olympic Games in Athens.

Timacheff photographed the world fencing championships in Havana, Cuba, last October and the world junior fencing championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in April. His work has been published and exhibited worldwide, and currently is featured on the cover of four major U.S. and international fencing magazines.

Former Getty Images executive Mark Ippolito has been named senior vice president of worldwide sales for OnRequest Images, based in Seattle.

In his new role, Ippolito will be responsible for developing business opportunities. He formerly served as Getty Images' vice president for global major account sales, as vice president of sales and marketing for Photodisc, and as director of sales at Corbis.