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...

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.

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...

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...

Selected winners, runners-up and other images from this year's Envirnomental Photography Invitation exhibition, presented this summer at Art Wolfe's Seattle gallery.

Known for his passionate advocacy for the environment, nature photographer Art Wolfe created a conservation-themed photo contest in 1997 as "an event for the advancement of photography as a unique medium, capable of bringing awareness and preservation to our environment through art." This year marks the 10th anniversary of Wolfe's annual photography exhibit, which has gone through some name changes and is currently known as the Environmental Photography...

Danita Delimont Stock Photography, based in Bellevue, Wash., has launched a visual search feature on its web site, danitadelimont.com.

After conducting a standard keyword search, the user can use the visual search tool to browse through the results to find an image that is close to what he or she has in mind. Selecting an icon beneath the image causes the search feature to re-sort the images pulled up by the original keyword search, placing the closest visual matches at the top of the page.

Both traditional keyword search and visual search options are available. The company offers more than 70,000 images online.