Two Art Institute of Seattle faculty members were recognized for their work late last year. Barry Scharf received the Guru finalist award in the Artistic category at the 2003 National Association of Photoshop Professionals international conference in Miami Beach, Fla. The City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs recently selected Tom Harris, a photography instructor at the institute, as a Sustaining Award winner in the Seattle Collects 2003 competition.

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...

Pete Moroz, a portrait photographer based in Spokane, Wash., received the Kodak Gallery award for his entry in the Wedding category. The Professional Photographers of Washington also awarded Moroz first place in the Best Portrait of a Woman category.

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.