Commercial photographer Doug Walker, of Walker Photography in Olympia, Wash., is a recipient of a memorial scholarship to the Pacific Northwest School of Professional Photography, presented at the Professional Photographers of Washington’s Pacific Northwest Educational Conference and Print Competition held recently in Bellingham, Wash. Walker creates images for business communications, marketing and publishing. His online portfolio may be seen at dougwalker.com.

Breast cancer survivors share their stories in “Reconstructing Aphrodite,” a book of photography and commentary focusing on women who have opted for breast reconstruction. Photographer Terry Lorant worked with plastic surgeon Lauren Eskenazi to celebrate the health and reconstruction of 20 cancer survivors. Lorant’s black-and-white photographs capture the stark reality of emotions expressed by each of the women.

Seattle-based photographer David Walega has completed a two-month assignment for UNICEF in the African country of Burundi. Walega’s images focus on the shelters and hospitals in the war-torn region and their efforts to protect children from the ongoing civil war. The images will be on display at UNICEF headquarters.
Prior to leaving Africa, Walega collaborated with Seattle journalist Christopher Dalkos on a photo essay examining Lambert House, a drop-in shelter for gay youth in Seattle. The piece was published in the June issue of The Advocate.

Bruce Forster has completed a series of images for Kinetics, a provider of services for the semiconductor and biopharmaceutical industries. The company hired Forster to photograph the interior of their building, where extreme gases are piped in for wafer manufacturing. Another recent project was the photographing of the new Oregon Symphony conductor, Carlos Kalmar, during Kalmar’s recent visit to Portland, Ore.

Dan Karvasek’s image of a flock of snow geese taking flight over Washington’s Skagit Valley has been chosen as the March 2003 photograph for Nikon’s International Photo Contest Calendar. Karvasek was one of four U.S. photographers whose work will appear in the calendar.

Natalie Fobes has received the 2003 Fellow Award given by the North American Nature Photography Association. The Pulitzer Prize finalist and co-founder of Blue Earth Alliance is known for her work documenting how humans use and, in some cases, abuse the environment.

Blue Earth Alliance recently honored Fobes as the first recipient of its new Natalie Award, which was inspired by her...

Photojournalist Geoffrey Hiller returned to his native New York last November to document the emotional devastation that followed the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The result is “NYC: After the Fall,” a multimedia presentation featured on Hiller’s site at hillerphoto.com/nyc. The presentation includes text by Tom Vandel and a score by Heather Perkins.

Photographer and climber Didrik Johnck chronicled blind world-class athlete/adventurer Erik Weihenmayer’s historic ascent up Mount Elbrus in Russia in June. The climb marked Weihenmayer’s sixth leg of the Seven Summits conquest. Johnck, based in San Francisco, also was the expedition photographer for Weihenmayer’s previous Seven Summit achievement on Mount Everest in May 2001.

“Crater Lake National Park Wild and Beautiful” has been named the Official Book of the Centennial Celebration for Crater Lake National Park. Four photographers, Charles Blakeslee, John Hinderman, Fred Pfughoft and David Morris, captured the character of the park throughout the seasons and portrayed a number of the hard-to-find creatures who make Crater Lake their home. The book was originally published by Farcountry Press in 2001.

Shawn Frederick Photography recently completed the Verizon (Hispanic) project for La Agencia de Orci, based in Los Angeles. The images, produced under the art direction of Heidy Fu, will appear as diorama billboards throughout Shea Stadium in Flushing, N.Y.

Frederick’s studio also won the Remo Drums shoot for Spasmodic Agency of Laguna Beach, Calif., with Bruce Mayo as art director, and recently finished...