Two students in the photography program at the Art Institute of Seattle were recently awarded scholarships of $1,000 each by Glazer's Camera Supply. Ann McDermott has maintained a 3.8 CGPA throughout six quarters of study with the institute. Sebastian Schoelss has maintained a 4.0 throughout his six quarters.

Bruce Forster (bruceforsterphotography.com) of Portland, Ore., has been on assignment for Dorling Kindersley book publishers, capturing images for their “Eyewitness Travel Guide” about the Pacific Northwest. Logging more than 2,000 miles and shooting more than 100 rolls of film, Forster has traveled throughout Oregon and the Portland metropolitan area photographing landmarks. The book is expected to be published this autumn.

John Valls (johnvalls.com), best known for his architectural, portrait and product photography, has launched a new photo studio in Portland, Ore. Recent clients include the Ulven Design Group and Hewlett-Packard.

Portland, Ore., photographer Steve Scardina (scardinaphoto.com) recently presented a series of black-and-white photographs taken in rural villages in central Europe over a six-year period. The exhibition, “Architectural Treasures of Central Europe,” was held at Portland’s Collective, Inc., late last year. A portfolio of the images also appeared in the October/November issue of LensWork.

Works by Judy Horn, of Horn Graphics (hornfineartimaging.com) in Tacoma, Wash., received the Best of Category award (for the Spirit of America category) and the Director’s Purchase Award at the Western Washington State Fair’s fine-art competition. Horn’s work can be seen at Art Concepts on Broadway in Tacoma, Sunrise Gallery in Puyallup, Wash., and Charlie White Gallery in Portland, Ore.

Judith Cooper Haden (judithhadenphotography.com) of Seattle recently completed a 13-city book-signing and lecture tour to promote her new book, “Oaxaca: The Spirit of Mexico,” released in June 2002 by Artisan. The cities she visited were Tucson, Ariz.; Phoenix; Santa Fe, N.M.; Albuquerque, N.M.; San Francisco; Los Angeles; San Diego; Nevada City, Nev.; Bellingham, Wash.; Bainbridge Island, Wash.; Kirkland, Wash.; Seattle; and Oaxaca, Mexico.

J.P. Pappis, a 22-year industry veteran, has launched Polaris Images, a new agency based in New York City. Pappis is the former executive editor of Sygma Photo News and Corbis Sygma, and also served as editor-in-chief of Gamma Press USA.

Polaris will represent photographers to magazines, newspapers and television, cover major news events, produce feature stories, market special celebrity shoots and seek corporate assignments. The agency’s stable of photographers includes...

Brian Storm has left MSNBC.com to accept a position as vice president of news and editorial photography at Corbis, a digital media agency owned by Bill Gates.

In his new endeavor, Storm will be working with photographers and editing teams in New York, Los Angeles, Paris and London. He will be responsible for defining and implementing a global strategy for the production of editorial photography that offers clients worldwide the best possible selection of images. He will also lead the company’s efforts to...