Seven students and alumni of the Brooks Institute will attend the elite Eddie Adams Workshop in Jeffersonville, N.Y., Oct. 10-13. Brooks' Visual Journalism program students taking part include Afton Almaraz, Cole Eberle, Troy Harvey, Justin Wagner and Brett Ziegler; alumni Ramsay deGive and Dylan Isbell also will participate in the event.
The Adams workshop accepted 100 individuals out of 1,500 applicants, including...

Frans Lanting's "LIFE: A Journey Through Time" made its European premiere on Nov. 3, 2007, in Genoa, Italy. The Torino Symphony Orchestra, with conductor Carlo Boccadoro, performed the orchestral production chronicling the story of life on Earth through the imagery of Lanting, the music of Philip Glass and the choreography of Alexander V. Nichols. An exhibition of Lanting's images was also on display at the festival.

Danita Delimont, principal of the Danita Delimont Stock Agency and a leader in the digital photo image industry, has been named co-president of the West Coast chapter of the American Society of Picture Professionals. In her new position, Delimont will spearhead the chapter's education program with a special emphasis on licensing and technology advances.

Pete Saloutos of Bainbridge Island, Wash., recently released a calendar for 2008 featuring Lisa Lund and 11 other models to support those with breast cancer and the research for its cure. Visit petesaloutos.com to view the entire calendar, and e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to purchase.

Brooks Institute faculty, staff and alumni were recipients of four top awards from the 2008 Photo Imaging Education Association (PIEA) International Student-Teacher Photo Competition and Exhibition in Jackson, Mich., held in December 2007.

Brooks student Adam Rose received the grand prize in the College/University-Portfolio category, while faculty member Bruce Burkhardt received...

A photo by Grant Morris, a Brooks Institute visual journalism student, appeared on a two-page spread in the Nov. 25, 2007, issue of Time magazine. The photo, depicting the devastating Malibu, Calif., fires of October 2007, was also picked up by MSNBC for broadcast.

San Francisco photographer Peter Hobbs Digrazia was nominated in the Fine Art, Abstract and Nature categories at the Photography Masters Cup Contest, an online competition recognizing excellence in color photography. Digrazia also recently premiered his first show, "Asleep in America," at the Museums of Los Gatos in California.

Amy Gulick won the 2008 Philip Hyde Grant for her work in Alaska's Tongass National Forest. The award was presented by the NANPA Foundation, an offshoot of the North American Nature Photography Association.

Gulick, of North Bend, Wash., is a photographer and writer specializing in conservation and natural history.

Her project will use photography to educate the public about why protecting the remaining intact watershed areas...