Nikon's 2006 Coolpix line includes seven easy-to-use digital cameras. Nikon's exclusive feature system is available throughout the lineup, which allows users to improve recorded images in-camera, automatically detects and corrects red eye, and finds and focuses on faces.

The cameras also include D-Lighting, which selects and creates copies of images with...

Photojournalist Gordon Parks, known for his work with Life magazine as well as for directing films, died at his home in New York City on March 7, at the age of 93.

Parks was born in Fort Scott, Kan., in 1912, the youngest of 15 children. In 1941, he became the first photographer to receive a fellowship from the Julius Rosenwald Foundation. He joined the staff of the Farm Security Administration and, later, the Office of War Information, whose combined collection of documentary photographs is among the...

Canon's new 6-megapixel PowerShot SD700 IS, SD630 and SD600 digital Elph cameras maintain the compact profile that characterizes the line, while new features have been added for greater ease of use.

Enhancements on all three cameras include a newly designed 6-megapixel image sensor that works with the Digic II image processor to reduce noise and achieve...

Fuji Photo Film has expanded its FinePix line with the F650, designed to slide easily into a pocket or purse. In addition to a Fujinon 5x optical zoom lens, the camera has a 6-megapixel CCD image sensor and a 3-inch LCD with 230,000-pixel resolution.

Ten scene modes include shutter and aperture priority AE for more user control, plus 30-frame-per-second movie mode...

The International Center of Photography recently announced the winners of its 2006 Infinity Awards. Don McCullin, a photojournalist who spent nearly 20 years as a correspondent for London's Sunday Times Magazine, was the recipient of the Cornell Capa Award, named for ICP's founding director. The organization's Lifetime Achievement Award was bestowed upon Lee Friedlander.

Also honored were Dutch photographer Ahmet Polat, as the year's Young Photographer; German Thomas Ruff, in the Art category; Time magazine's...

Mark Getty and Jonathan Klein, who co-founded Getty Images in 1995, were honored by the International Center for Photography with its inaugural Trustees Award. Getty and Rosen were recognized for their efforts to modernize the stock photography industry, their grants for editorial photography and their philanthropic activities.

Among the enhancements on the A540 and A700 is a newly designed 6-megapixel image sensor that works with the Digic II image processor to reduce noise and achieve ISO-equivalent speed ratings ranging from 80 to 800. In addition, the A700 features a retractable 6x 35-210mm optical zoom...

Natalie Fobes, a photographer based in West Seattle, was named a finalist for the Alicia Patterson Fellowship, making her the first former recipient to be nominated again. Twenty years ago, Fobes received a fellowship for her salmon project.

Her current project examines how China's one-child policy affects people in China and the United States by following a family through the process of adoption.

Earlier this year, at its 12th Annual Summit, the North American Nature Photography Association recognized a number of photographers whose work has helped to promote the field of nature photography. Patricio Robles Gil, whose books illuminate the beauty and fragility of Mexico's ecosystems, was named the 2006 Outstanding Photographer of the Year. Lifetime Achievement Awards were presented to environmental and fine-art photographer Pat O'Hara and Les Line, former editor-in-chief at Audubon for 25 years.

Three industry veterans were named NANPA Fellows, a designation bestowed on those who have contributed at least 20 years to...

Two Pulitzer Prizes for photography have been awarded this year. The staff of the Dallas Morning News won the award for Breaking News Photography, for its coverage of the chaos that resulted from Hurricane Katrina's rampage across the Gulf states.

In the Feature Photography category, Todd Heisler of Denver's Rocky Mountain News won the prize for his behind-the-scenes look at funerals for Colorado Marines who had returned from Iraq. Heisler previously was recognized by the Pulitzer board in...