Bay Area advertising photographer Mel Lindstrom of Mel Lindstrom Images Inc. received bronze-, silver- and gold-level ADDY Awards from the American Advertising Federation (AAF). At the February event, Lindstrom also won Best of Show for the year. In the long history of the AAF program, no other photographer — or entity other than an ad agency — has received this recognition.

An active member of the J. Paul Getty Museum since 1986, Judith Keller was recently named senior curator of photographs at the Los Angeles-based museum. Keller has been the acting head of the department since January 2009, following the retirement of the department's founding curator, Weston Naef.

Keller's achievements at the museum include more than 20 exhibitions and 10 publications, including...

The Photo Imaging Education Association (PIEA), a Photo Marketing Association member group, has announced that Marcia Rubenstein, of the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, Calif., has assumed the office of PIEA president.

The Worldwide Community of Imaging Associations has named Brian Wood, of PhotoVision in Salem, Ore., as the new Photo Marketing Association (PMA) president for 2010-2011. Prior to his position as president-elect in 2009-2010, Wood served as PMA vice president and treasurer.

Seattle photographer Daniel Beltra was named ABC News' Person of the Week in November 2009 for his conservation photography of endangered regions throughout the world. Focusing on the effects of climate change on the world's rainforests in the Amazon Basin, Congo, Borneo and Sumatra, Beltra's images were recently featured as part of the Prince's Rainforests Project (rainforestsos.org), an environmental organization founded by England's Prince Charles, with offices in London, Paris, Berlin and New York City.

The 2009 International League of Conservation Photographers League Award went to Boulder, Colo., photographer James Balog for his outstanding achievements in conservation photography. Balog's recent work includes his "Extreme Ice Survey," which documents the effects of climate change on glaciers around the world.

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...

In April's Sony World Photography Awards Gala ceremony in Cannes, France, Seattle photographer Daniel Beltra received the Prince's Rainforests Project Award. As the winner of this year's competition, Beltra will spend three months documenting three of the major...

The Sierra Club has bestowed wildlife photographer Steven Kazlowski with its Ansel Adams Award for his "superlative use of still photography to further a conservation cause." He was presented with the award at the Sierra Club's national dinner on Sept. 20.

Kazlowski's images have appeared in magazines such as Vanity Fair, Newsweek and Canadian Geographic. His recent book, "The Last Polar Bear," published by Braided River, is an eye-opening look at the...

Aspen, Colo.-based photographer Tyler Stableford has been named an Explorer of Light by Canon. As an Explorer of Light, Stableford will teach seminars that are unique to his particular niche of outdoor sports, lifestyle and heavy industry.

Stableford has won numerous Picture of the Year awards through different organizations, including Men's Journal magazine, which named him one of the "World's Greatest Adventure Photographers" in 2005 for his images of...