Noted photographer, curator, historian and scientist Terry Norman Toedtemeier died on Dec. 10, 2008, from heart-related complications in Portland, Ore.

Toedtemeier, the curator of photography at the Portland Art Museum, collapsed immediately after giving a lecture on the exhibit "Wild Beauty." He had been with the museum since...

The J. Paul Getty Museum has honored Weston Naef, the outgoing senior curator of photographs, with the title of Curator Emeritus, following his retirement from the museum in January 2009.

Naef came to the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1984 from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in conjunction with...

Four Brooks Institute Visual Journalism program students — Daryl Peveto, Brett Ziegler, Afton Almaraz and Ellen Webber — took home a total of eight awards in the 2008 College Photographer of the Year (CPOY) competition.

Peveto, a graduate student who was also a 2006 and 2007 CPOY winner, won a Silver and a Gold award...

Seattle-based Blue Earth Alliance has accepted two new projects by western U.S. photographers — Annie Marie Musselman of Seattle and Jon Orlando of Boulder, Colo. — in its fall 2008 sponsorship round.

Blue Earth funds photo-documentary projects twice a year in an effort to foster social change...

In February, Suzi Eszterhas, of Tiburon, Calif., became the first-ever recipient of Ranger Rick magazine's Photographer of the Year Award. Eszterhas, who has a strong commitment to sharing her love of wildlife with children, was selected for her photographic contributions...

San Diego-based photographer Frank Rogozienski recently exhibited his show, "366 | 08," at Subtext Gallery. For the project, Rogozienski took one picture a day for a full year in 2008. The show, which began as an exercise, eventually grew into a broader examination of the everyday world.

Rogozienski is a co-founding member of the artists' cooperative La Luz Loca, originally begun...

Portland, Ore.-based photographer Joni Kabana recently went to the Democratic Republic of the Congo on behalf of Mercy Corps to help photograph and film several work and relief programs. Kabana accompanied writer Roger Burks throughout the country, provided field staff with cameras and created portraits of those who benefit from Mercy Corps' efforts.

Kabana continues her Mercy Corps travel blog at xanga.com.

San Francisco-based photographer Mel Lindstrom was awarded a total of 47 creative awards last year. The accolades include eight International Black & White Spider Awards; two APA Something Personal Selects; nine MarCom Awards; three Silver Winners from Create magazine; four Silver Davey Awards; six International Aperture Awards; two Addy Awards...

Pasadena, Calif.-based photographer Patrick Hebert has been awarded the 2008 Excellence in Photographic Teaching Award from Center, formerly known as the Santa Fe Center for Photography.

Hebert teaches at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and is the associate director...

The Sierra Club has bestowed wildlife photographer Steven Kazlowski with its Ansel Adams Award for his "superlative use of still photography to further a conservation cause." He was presented with the award at the Sierra Club's national dinner on Sept. 20.

Kazlowski's images have appeared in magazines such as Vanity Fair, Newsweek and Canadian Geographic. His recent book, "The Last Polar Bear," published by Braided River, is an eye-opening look at the...