Lance Rossing, who formed TeamPhotogenic.com with Seattle-based Duell Fisher and Kirk Swink, has created an online photo purchasing service and gallery called YourPhotoZ.com. The new system will allow friends and family to e-mail photos from events covered by Team Photogenic Services. Those who receive the photos via e-mail can also purchase them.

Commercial photographer Doug Walker, of Walker Photography in Olympia, Wash., is a recipient of a memorial scholarship to the Pacific Northwest School of Professional Photography, presented at the Professional Photographers of Washington’s Pacific Northwest Educational Conference and Print Competition held recently in Bellingham, Wash. Walker creates images for business communications, marketing and publishing. His online portfolio may be seen at dougwalker.com.

Breast cancer survivors share their stories in “Reconstructing Aphrodite,” a book of photography and commentary focusing on women who have opted for breast reconstruction. Photographer Terry Lorant worked with plastic surgeon Lauren Eskenazi to celebrate the health and reconstruction of 20 cancer survivors. Lorant’s black-and-white photographs capture the stark reality of emotions expressed by each of the women.

Seattle-based photographer David Walega has completed a two-month assignment for UNICEF in the African country of Burundi. Walega’s images focus on the shelters and hospitals in the war-torn region and their efforts to protect children from the ongoing civil war. The images will be on display at UNICEF headquarters.
Prior to leaving Africa, Walega collaborated with Seattle journalist Christopher Dalkos on a photo essay examining Lambert House, a drop-in shelter for gay youth in Seattle. The piece was published in the June issue of The Advocate.

Bruce Forster has completed a series of images for Kinetics, a provider of services for the semiconductor and biopharmaceutical industries. The company hired Forster to photograph the interior of their building, where extreme gases are piped in for wafer manufacturing. Another recent project was the photographing of the new Oregon Symphony conductor, Carlos Kalmar, during Kalmar’s recent visit to Portland, Ore.

Dan Karvasek’s image of a flock of snow geese taking flight over Washington’s Skagit Valley has been chosen as the March 2003 photograph for Nikon’s International Photo Contest Calendar. Karvasek was one of four U.S. photographers whose work will appear in the calendar.

At first glance, it's hard to tell what you're seeing in Adrienne Adam's images. Is it an aerial view of mountain lakes in a green field, or is it merely a leaf with holes in it? Is it a group of eroded sandstone boulders, or the leaves of a desert succulent plant?

Through Adam's experienced eye, the same recurring themes of the natural world seem to crop up in all subjects — be they mountain ranges or flower petals. "Today, I find that what really makes my heart sing...

Yousuf Karsh, known for his dramatically lit portraits of the 20th century’s most influential people, died at 93 on July 13 in Boston from complications following surgery. In his 60-year career, Karsh’s subjects included 15,000 celebrities from around the globe, including political and military leaders, writers, artists and entertainers. His camera often produced the defining portraits of such people as...

Natalie Fobes has received the 2003 Fellow Award given by the North American Nature Photography Association. The Pulitzer Prize finalist and co-founder of Blue Earth Alliance is known for her work documenting how humans use and, in some cases, abuse the environment.

Blue Earth Alliance recently honored Fobes as the first recipient of its new Natalie Award, which was inspired by her...

Photojournalist Geoffrey Hiller returned to his native New York last November to document the emotional devastation that followed the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The result is “NYC: After the Fall,” a multimedia presentation featured on Hiller’s site at hillerphoto.com/nyc. The presentation includes text by Tom Vandel and a score by Heather Perkins.