In his new book, actor Jeff Bridges uses wide-angle photography to show us the "nuts and bolts of fantasy" behind the scenes of his many films.

Actor Jeff Bridges, a four-time Academy Award nominee (The Last Picture Show, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Starman and The Contender) and recent Golden Globe nominee (Seabiscuit), has managed such a feat simply by documenting the world around him, scene by scene, location by location.

As the son of actor Lloyd Bridges, Jeff Bridges has been immersed in the fantasy-like world of Hollywood films and studio sets his entire life. Together with older brother and fellow actor Beau Bridges, he grew up fascinated by the intricacies of film, both still and moving.

In Bridges' latest photography book, Pictures, released by powerHouse Books in...

Last November, Robert Glenn Ketchum was the keynote speaker at the American Bald Eagle Foundation's Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Festival 2003, held in Haines, Alaska. In addition, Ketchum was a speaker at the North American Nature Photography Association's 10th Anniversary Summit in Portland, Ore., in January.

Michael G. Halle, a photographer and teacher based in Portland, Ore., is now being represented by Viewfinders Stock Photography of Portland. Halle's recent clients include Adidas, Time and the Wall Street Journal. His work can be seen at mhalle.com.

Michael Grecco, a photographer based in Los Angeles, was chosen to shoot the ad campaign for the new AMC show, "Shoot Out," with Peter Bart and Peter Guber. The ads are running the New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times and other national publications. Grecco's work can be seen on his updated web site, michaelgrecco.com.

Jolynn Brubaker, a student at the Art Institute of Seattle, was awarded a $1,000 scholarship from Glazer's Camera Supply. Brubaker has maintained a 3.9 GPA throughout six quarters of study.

Ever feel like you have one too many balls in the air? How about too many office supplies? That's the mood captured here in "Balancing," by photography student Sheila Menezes.

The image won first prize in the College & University — Computer-Assisted category of the Photo Imaging Education Association's (PIEA) 2004 International Student-Teacher Photo Exhibition and Competition in January.

Menezes, a graduate student at the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, Calif., says that the title of the photo also describes the balance of her two favorite genres of photography, portraiture and still life. "It's one of my favorite images, but I find it so ironic that I won the prize with it," she admits...

Most people know musician Graham Nash through his folk-rock days with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Fewer people know of his first passion: still photography.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Graham Nash will gladly tell you that he was a photographer first, a musician second. Strange words from a man who already was playing in his first rock band by age 13.

Nash, a founding member of the English pop/rock band The Hollies and later of Crosby, Stills & Nash, is one of those rare musicians who have maintained a loyal following for more than 40 years. As a solo artist and in ongoing projects with his former bandmates, Nash continues to record, tour and play to sold-out crowds who shout out requests for everything from "Marakesh Express" to "Our House" to...

A selection of images from PIEA's 2004 International Student-Teacher Photo Competition.

The top student photographs from around the world were lauded recently in the Photo Imaging Education Association's (PIEA) 2004 International Student-Teacher Photo Exhibition and Competition.

In January, the judges for the PIEA competition chose 120 images from more than 4,200 entries sent in by 105 schools from the United States and six other countries. The chosen photos were exhibited at the...

After 50 years of thinking [in terms of] traditional film, I am now joining the digitized world, and it ain’t easy. I have yet to get beyond the auto setting on my newly acquired Nikon Coolpix 5000. Your article in the Fall 2003 edition of PhotoMedia, [“The Revolution Will Be Digitized (Like It or Not . . . )”] spurs me onward.

I should add that this issue is my introduction to PhotoMedia. I especially was taken with the photos and stories about the seldom-recognized heroes of the Iraq and Afghan conflict. This issue will be on my coffee table for some time to come.

Ned Porges, Century 21 North Homes Seattle