The Worldwide Community of Imaging Associations has named Brian Wood, of PhotoVision in Salem, Ore., as the new Photo Marketing Association (PMA) president for 2010-2011. Prior to his position as president-elect in 2009-2010, Wood served as PMA vice president and treasurer.

Seattle photographer Daniel Beltra was named ABC News' Person of the Week in November 2009 for his conservation photography of endangered regions throughout the world. Focusing on the effects of climate change on the world's rainforests in the Amazon Basin, Congo, Borneo and Sumatra, Beltra's images were recently featured as part of the Prince's Rainforests Project (rainforestsos.org), an environmental organization founded by England's Prince Charles, with offices in London, Paris, Berlin and New York City.

The 2009 International League of Conservation Photographers League Award went to Boulder, Colo., photographer James Balog for his outstanding achievements in conservation photography. Balog's recent work includes his "Extreme Ice Survey," which documents the effects of climate change on glaciers around the world.

Danita Delimont, founder and principal of travel stock photography firm Danita Delimont Photography, has been named the Jane Kinne Picture Professional of the Year by the American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP). Based in Bellevue, Wash., Delimont received this award for her 29 influential years in the photography industry.

Throughout her career, Delimont has served on the boards of photographic organizations such as the ASPP, the North American Nature Photographers Association (NANPA) and the...

The Sierra Club has bestowed wildlife photographer Steven Kazlowski with its Ansel Adams Award for his "superlative use of still photography to further a conservation cause." He was presented with the award at the Sierra Club's national dinner on Sept. 20.

Kazlowski's images have appeared in magazines such as Vanity Fair, Newsweek and Canadian Geographic. His recent book, "The Last Polar Bear," published by Braided River, is an eye-opening look at the...

Aspen, Colo.-based photographer Tyler Stableford has been named an Explorer of Light by Canon. As an Explorer of Light, Stableford will teach seminars that are unique to his particular niche of outdoor sports, lifestyle and heavy industry.

Stableford has won numerous Picture of the Year awards through different organizations, including Men's Journal magazine, which named him one of the "World's Greatest Adventure Photographers" in 2005 for his images of...

San Francisco photographer Mel Lindstrom closed out 2007 with six silver-trophy Davey Awards; one bronze Summit Award; five accolades at the Hermes Awards (three platinum, one gold and an honorable mention); a gold and a silver Addy Award; and one award at the APA National Competition, all recognizing his photos for recent advertising campaigns.

Paul Harmel, chairman and CEO of Lifetouch, received the 2008 Hall of Fame award from the International Photographic Council, a nongovernmental organization of the United Nations.