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.

The cover of Wired magazine recently featured a photograph of Tim Montgomery, billed as the world's fastest man, taken by Michael Grecco. The California-based photographer is best known for his portraits, and his work has appeared in such periodicals as Time and Esquire.

"Skookum Tugs: British Columbia's Working Tugboats," with photographs by Robb Douglas, has won the Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award, A BC Book Prize given to the best book published in British Columbia in terms of public appeal, initiative, design, production and content.

Published by Harbour Publishing, "Skookum Tugs" takes the reader through a day on deck and explores three of the major types of tug work performed on the coast: moving logs, moving barges and wrangling ships. The images of Douglas, a Canadian Broadcasting Corp. cameraman and professional photographer, are accompanied by...

In 2001, Seattle-based photojournalist Melina Mara began photographing the 13 female senators who held office that year. More than 35 of her black-and-white documentary photographs were exhibited recently at the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building.

"Changing the Face of Power: Women in the U.S. Senate," on view from May 22 through Sept. 7, presented images of 15 women senators at work on...

Dean Johnson was elected president of the Professional Photographers of Washington at the 51st Educational Conference and Print Competition held earlier this year. Other members of the group's executive committee include Dave Mandelas, vice president; Gary Jentoff, executive manager; Nichelle Price, treasurer; Renee Crist, secretary; and Rob Behm, immediate past president.