Larry Sultan, a prominent photographer and teacher in the Bay Area art community, has been chosen as the next artist trustee on the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's board of trustees. Sultan, only the second person to be appointed to this role, will be responsible for supporting the museum's director and helping to expand...

Bend, Ore.-based photographer Kevin Kubota was awarded the third annual Monte Zucker Memorial Humanitarian Award during the Wedding & Portrait Photographers' International Convention and Trade Show, held in Las Vegas.

Kubota received the award for his philanthropic work with Bend's Family Photo Day...

In April's Sony World Photography Awards Gala ceremony in Cannes, France, Seattle photographer Daniel Beltra received the Prince's Rainforests Project Award. As the winner of this year's competition, Beltra will spend three months documenting three of the major...

The International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) has appointed Justin Black as its new director. Black will manage an expansion of the organization's activities, including the creation of the new "Earth in Focus" initiative that will offer workshops, lectures, exhibitions, book publishing and multimedia activities. Cristina Mittermeier, the founder and, since its creation in 2005...

Los Angeles-based writer Elle Russ will pen the script for the upcoming documentary film project "Headhunt Revisited." Russ is also a comedic writer and a member of the ACME Comedy Theatre group in Los Angeles.

"Headhunt Revisited" follows Michele Westmorland and Karen Huntt, both Seattle photographers and writers...

Doug Walker, best known for his work in commercial and architectural photography, earned a Best Architectural Honorable Mention at the Photographers of Washington Educational Conference Western States Regional Print Competition, held in April. The Olympia, Wash.-based Walker has worked with...

Photographer Byron Motley premiered his "Viva Cuba Beisbol" series at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., on May 23. The exhibit, which documents the cultural impact of baseball in Cuba, will run through January 2010.

Motley, a Los Angeles-based singer, filmmaker, photographer and author, has produced two album...

Catherine Hall, a Lafayette, Calif.-based photographer, won two first-place awards and an Accolade of Excellence at the Wedding & Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) Awards of Excellence Album Competition this year. In addition to her wedding photography, Hall's recent work includes portraits...