Seattle editorial-portrait photographer John Keatley's portrait of PopCap Games co-founder John Vechey was selected this year in PDN Faces and the Prix de la Photographie Paris (Px3) photography contests. Keatley also was chosen to take the portrait used in Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz's new best-selling book, "Onward." Keatley helped...

John Keatley was featured again last year in "The American Photography 26," a collection of the best photographs of 2009. The selected image, a portrait of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, was an outtake from a cover shoot for Palin's memoir, "Going Rogue."

The previous year, American Photography chose Keatley's portrait of Annie Leibovitz to appear in AP25.

John Keatley's website was recently selected as one of the top photography websites in the Photo District News American Photography Competition for the second year in a row.

In addition, Keatley's portrait of Annie Leibovitz was published as the opener for the current "PDN Faces" issue. His images of Steve Sarich, one of the leaders in the medical marijuana movement, were recently featured in the Seattle Weekly newspaper.