Los Angeles photographer Robert Glenn Ketchum is traveling in Germany this autumn and will be the featured speaker at the Internationales Naturfoto-Festival 2002 in Lunen, Germany, on Oct. 6. In addition, an exhibition of Ketchum’s work, “Changing Perspective,” will be held at the festival from Oct. 4 through Nov. 16, at Lunen’s Hilpert Theater.

In July, Wolfgang Kaehler of Bellevue, Wash., traveled to Iceland to photograph the country’s landscapes and wildlife. After his return, he spent time on the East Coast documenting historic and scenic views. In October, he will do an extensive cruise through the South Pacific visiting Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, the Cook Islands and French Polynesia, followed by a journey to France, Spain, Tunisia, Sicily, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Malta in November.

Lance Rossing, who formed TeamPhotogenic.com with Seattle-based Duell Fisher and Kirk Swink, has created an online photo purchasing service and gallery called YourPhotoZ.com. The new system will allow friends and family to e-mail photos from events covered by Team Photogenic Services. Those who receive the photos via e-mail can also purchase them.

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.