After 6 years, we catch up with our past Photography Person of the Year award-winner, Jeff Sedlik, to see how his career has progressed.

For the last several years, Jeff Sedlik has continued his dedication to the development of the PLUS standards and PLUS Registry, a nonprofit community resource operated by and for all professionals engaged in creating, distributing, using and preserving images. With users in 80 countries, the PLUS Registry connects images to...

Best known for his award-winning advertising images and jazz portraits, is embarking on a quest to establish international image licensing standards for the good of all photographers.

Imagine a man in his mid-40s, with short, dark hair and a slight five-o'clock shadow, standing in the center of a life raft with a camera in one hand and a paddle in the other. This is a good visual metaphor for the work of Jeff Sedlik, award-winning photographer and industry mover and shaker. A rising tide lifts all boats, so the saying goes, and if Sedlik has his way, the photography tide is about to get higher. Besides maintaining a successful career as a high-level advertising photographer, he's dedicated to buoying the profession as a whole and teaching other photographers to navigate the rising waters...

The International Photographic Council, a nongovernmental organization of the United Nations, recognized the recipients of its 7th Annual Professional Photographer Leadership Awards at its International Professional Photographers Month luncheon at the U.N. in New York City on May 11.

The five award winners were...

Balancing rates and rights is no easy task for most photographers.

When it comes to the business of image making, many photographers are short-sighted. They focus intently on the creative or logistical challenges of the assignment, but are fuzzy on its financial details. While skimming quickly over the fine print on a purchase order, they fail to realize that the primary goal of negotiating is not to win the immediate assignment. Instead, it is to win the respect of the client with whom a long-term relationship will result in job after job for years to come...