Rosanne Olson, who has been working in Seattle as a photographer since 1986, was featured in the January issue of Communication Arts. Her work also appeared on the cover of that issue.Wendi Rowlands, Todd Schneider, Mary Seaton and Owen Mesdag recently completed projects documenting fundraising events for the American Lung Association of Washington. Rowlands created a 27-minute video on the Climb for Clean Air...

Photographer Janis Miglavs has been selected by the Tigard-Tualatin (Ore.) School District as an annually studied artist in its Art Literacy Program. During Black History Month each year, all grade-schoolers will learn about his photographic and digital artwork, which captures the cultures, myths and dreams of rarely studied African tribes.

Seattle photographer Doug Landreth was one of six winners in the Photo District News PIX Digital Imaging Contest's Personal category for his series of three floral portraits. A few months previously, Landreth's work placed sixth in the Adobe Digital Imaging Competition, exploring the theme Presentation of Entertainment.

Last November, Robert Glenn Ketchum was the keynote speaker at the American Bald Eagle Foundation's Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Festival 2003, held in Haines, Alaska. In addition, Ketchum was a speaker at the North American Nature Photography Association's 10th Anniversary Summit in Portland, Ore., in January.

Michael G. Halle, a photographer and teacher based in Portland, Ore., is now being represented by Viewfinders Stock Photography of Portland. Halle's recent clients include Adidas, Time and the Wall Street Journal. His work can be seen at mhalle.com.

Michael Grecco, a photographer based in Los Angeles, was chosen to shoot the ad campaign for the new AMC show, "Shoot Out," with Peter Bart and Peter Guber. The ads are running the New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times and other national publications. Grecco's work can be seen on his updated web site, michaelgrecco.com.

Jolynn Brubaker, a student at the Art Institute of Seattle, was awarded a $1,000 scholarship from Glazer's Camera Supply. Brubaker has maintained a 3.9 GPA throughout six quarters of study.

Roger Ressmeyer, a photographer who specializes in digital imagery, has joined the executive staff of RGB Labs as vice president of creative direction and programming. At RGB, Ressmeyer will oversee the development of new programming galleries within the GalleryPlayer service, which allows high-resolution digital art and photographic imagery to be viewed on plasma or flat-panel displays.

Previously, Ressmeyer was with Getty Images, where he held the positions of vice president, new revenues, artist relations and strategy and corporate development over the past four years. Prior to that, he worked for three years at Corbis, developing visual content acquisition and distribution strategies, as well as quality standards for digital imagery.

Alan Berliner and Jeff Sowards have established an alternative syndication service for photographers in Los Angeles. Vistalux specializes in providing photographers and agents with opportunities to syndicate their work to publishing clients.

Berliner, director of Vistalux, has more than 30 years of photography and photo agency experience. Managing Director Sowards has more than 14 years of industry experience, and has collaborated with a number of photographers on the production of their books.

Dan Steinberg has joined the list of photographers represented by BEImages, a research, licensing and photo syndication agency. Steinberg, who is based in Los Angeles, has photographed on assignment for the Associated Press, and his work has appeared in newspapers and magazines, as well as in television and print advertising campaigns.