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 Picture Archive Council of America (PACA), and has specialized in technology development and image licensing issues.

This past December, Delimont signed a collaborative agreement with California-based photographer Frans Lanting that will allow her agency to represent many of Lanting's wildlife, nature and cultural content images.