Seattle photographer and Greenpeace freelancer Daniel Beltra recently received Pictures of the Year International's Global Vision Award, plus an Award of Excellence in the Nature Series category for his Greenpeace project, "Rainforest and the Antarctic," which documents the impact of global warming on the biodiverse polar region.

Beltra also took second place in the National Press Photographers Association's Best of Photojournalism 2008 Awards in the Natural Habitat category for his photograph of...

Danita Delimont, principal of Danita Delimont Stock Agency, has been named a 2008 Fellow by the North American Nature Photographers Association (NANPA), recognizing her 28 years of service to the nature photography industry. The award was made at NANPA's 14th Annual Summit earlier this year.

Delimont, a charter member of NANPA, started her photography career with an 18-year association with photographer Wolfgang Kaehler. She was recently named co-president of...

The International Photographic Council (IPC), a nongovernmental organization of the United Nations, has announced the recipients of its 10th annual IPC Professional Photographer Leadership Awards.

Honorees include Judy Herrmann, immediate past president of the American Society of Media Photographers; George Fulton, of Advertising Photographers of America; Ann Monteith, with Professional Photographers of America; George Davis, with Professional School Photographers Association International; and Marty LaVor, of the White House News Photographers Association.

James Balog, of Boulder, Colo., has been named the 2008 Outstanding Photographer of the Year by the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA).

The organization will honor Balog for two decades of groundbreaking nature photography. NANPA will present the award at its 14th Annual Summit on March 1, 2008, in Destin, Fla., which will feature a presentation from Balog about his "Extreme Ice Survey" project.

The Lucie Awards, produced by the International Photography Awards, will celebrate its honorees and winners from the 2007 IPA competition at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in New York City on Oct. 15.

The IPA 2007 honorees included: Elliot Erwitt for Lifetime Achievement; Kenro Izu for the Visionary Award; Ralph Gibson for Achievement in Fine Art; Eugene Richards for Achievement in Documentary; Philip Jones Griffiths for...

Phil Borges, of Mercer Island, Wash., was one of 15 finalists nominated for the second annual Purpose Prize, sponsored by the Seattle-based Civic Ventures. He was recognized for his work with socially relevant photography and for his nonprofit project, Bridges to Understanding.

The finalists, which were required to be 60 years of age or older, were selected for their influence on issues of social importance. Five of them received $100,000 and the remaining 10 received $10,000, Borges being one of the latter group.

Michael and Patricia Fogden, of North Uist, Scotland, will receive 2008 Lifetime Achievement Awards from NANPA, recognizing their work with natural history subjects. Bates Littlehales, of Circleville, Wis., a retired photographer who specialized in natural history photography and underwater work for the National Geographic Society, will be honored with the second 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award.

Also,  NANPA Fellow Awards will be presented to Kathy Moran, of Washington, D.C.; Danita Delimont, of Bellevue, Wash.; and Tom Vezo, of Green Valley, Ariz. Also to be recognized are...

This year's winner of the Patron Saint Award is Joan Dooley, a photography teacher at Bell High School Humanitas Academy in Los Angeles. The teaching award recognizes a high school, college or postgraduate-level educator for their passion for teaching photography.

Other notable candidates from the western United States...