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Natalie Angelillo is credited with bringing many top-quality photographers to PhotoDisc, where she has been promoted to vice president of content development.
Belyea Design Alliance won the Award of Excellence for Strathmore Paper Company's Flora '97 calendar. The photographs for the calendar were taken by Seattle photographer Rosanne Olson. The 1998 calendar is now in production, featuring photographs by Darrell Peterson.
Gary Benson recently completed a series of editorial portraits for Group Health's annual report. He also shot location/portrait projects for Safeco and Boeing, as well as ads for the King County Convention and Visitors Bureau. One of his Tony Stone agency images appeared in commercials on CNN, "60 Minutes" and "Good Morning America."
Phil Borges recently became a spokesperson for Amnesty International. He was given this honor because of his years of hard work for the Tibetan culture and their problems as a nation within the boundaries of China, which refuses to recognize their sovereignty or religion.
Eberhard Brunner won the grand prize in the September 1997 Peterson's Photographic Monthly Contest. The theme, wildlife, featured five winners, four of whom were from the Northwest.
Christopher Burkett, a featured photographer in the last edition of PhotoMedia, displayed photographs in the Oregon governor's office last summer. Governor John Kitzhaber met with Burkett at a VIP reception to thank him for his contribution to photography, especially in Oregon. During the reception, Kitzhaber announced that he selected Burkett's image of apple trees to be placed in the state's permanent art collection. It is one of the few photographs chosen for this honor.
San Francisco's Andy Grundberg, director of Friends of Photography since 1992, resigned to resume his teaching and writing career. Grundberg was credited as a forward-thinking director who took the organization toward new, modern visions rather than the historic vision of its founder Ansel Adams. Grund-berg has a background in exhibitions and publishing and hopes to write several books on photography.
Nancy Hill recently completed a series of portraits for the Oregon Public Employee Retirement System's 50-year history publication. She is now working on photographs for their next annual report.
Cliff Hollenbeck, one of the world's most recognized travel photojournalists, entered a new genre-fiction writing. The Acapulco Goodbye (Commonwealth Publishing) is a murder mystery featuring, understandably, a travel photographer. Hollenbeck likens his hero to a kind of photographer
Jim Rockford. Author of more than 10 books (and an occasional writer/photographer for PhotoMedia), Hollenbeck is now looking at movie opportunities for his novel.
Bruce Hudson's spring wedding was covered by Clay Blackmore, a nationally known photographer who has worked with Monte Zucker and Ed Pierce. Hudson's first wife, Susan, lost her long battle with cancer in 1996. (A scholarship was established in her honor.) Hudson's new wife, Kellie, has been working with him for the last three years.
Thomas Hurst, photojournalism student at San Francisco State University, won first and third place honors in the general news category for his photos in the 40th World Press Photo Contest, and was the only student winner among the competition's 3,663 entries from more than 100 countries. He has won many other awards as well and has been published in major news magazines.
Dean Koepfler, of the Tacoma News Tribune, has been named Regional Newspaper Photographer of the Year by National Press Photographers Association. Mike Urban of the Seattle P-I won first place for general news.
Colleen Pfeilschiefter received Best Wedding Couple Award in the wedding division of the print competition by the Professional Photographers of Washington. Her winning image has also been accepted into the Professional Photographers of America General Collection.
Barrie Rokeach's aerial photography was the cover story of the May 1997 Photo District News. It was excerpted from his book, Guide to Aerial Photography. In addition to his print media work, Rokeach has two fine art photography exhibits on tour.
Sandy Rowe received the Seattle Photographic Society's Annual Service Award. A SPS member for 12 years, she has edited their newsletter, Cable Releases for almost as many.
Sasha Rudensky of Lakeside School, Seattle, was awarded Best of Show in the Washington State High School Photography Competition sponsored by Rainier Photographic Supply and Ilford Photo. The photograph was selected from more than 2,100 entries. Rudensky was given her award by Governor Gary Locke at a ceremony to honor all the finalists.
Lynn Schooler, Juneau, Alaska, won the grand prize in Alaska magazine's annual photography contest. First places went to Tony Lutes, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, Human Interest; J. Scott Schrader, Helotes, Texas, Wildlife; and Ernest Manewal, Sitka, Alaska, scenics.
Gary Settle, photo coach at The Seattle Times, placed third in the National Press Photographers Pictures of the Month, with his concept for Pacific Magazine: "If you, as a chef, were a food, what would you be?"
Al Smith, long time Seattle photographer, with exhibits at the Museum of History and Industry, recently had a photo spread in The Seattle Times' Pacific Magazine.
John Trotter, 36, staff photographer for The Sacramento Bee, was beaten while photographing children (with permission of their parents) at a playground for a feature section story. A mob of eight to 12 men demanded his film, then attacked him. He suffered serious head injuries and was hospitalized in critical condition. When he was upgraded to fair condition, he was transferred to a head injury care center, where he is relearning everything from walking to full vision. Luckily, Trotter's memory from before the accident is excellent, making his progress hopeful. He plans to return to work after his recovery. Among those arrested for the assault was the boyfriend of one of the children's parents. No reason for the unprovoked attack was offered. Many of the children who were in the park during the attack and other neighborhood children and their parents gathered at the park a week after the attack to make a get well card for Trotter.
Annie Wells won the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News for her dramatic image of a firefighter rescuing a girl from a raging flood. Alexander Zemliani-Chenko, of the Associated Press, won for feature photography with his image of Russian President Boris Yeltsin dancing at a rock concert.
Randy Wells's image of Checkerboard Mesa in Zion National Park, Utah, was on the cover of Outdoor Photographer. Wells also recently was awarded a chapter opening spread in the Graphis Photo '96 book. He keeps busy on a number of assignments that have taken him from Alaska to Mexico.
Gail Wodzin recently completed photography and design on the annual report for Highline West Seattle Mental Health, a Salute to Mario Lanza operatic musical national tour brochure, a CD and video cover, and a NW Marketing Association program.
TRANSITIONS
Bradley Smith, a photographer for Life magazine, author and a founder of the American Society of Magazine Photographers, now called the American Society of Media Photographers, died August 28 at a nursing home in La Jolla, Calif. He was 87.
Peter Stackpole, of Novato, Calif., who documented the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge and various war efforts for Life magazine and others, such as Time and Vanity Fair, died at the age of 83. He was one of the original Life photographers, along with Alfred Eisenstaedt and Margaret Bourke White. Carl Mydans, a friend and professional colleague, stated Stackpole had taken images since he was a child. After leaving Life, he taught at the Academy of Arts College in San Francisco and wrote a column for US Camera. In a devastating twist of fate Life had loaned Stackpole their collection of his work so he could finish a book on his life's work. During that loan, the Oakland fire destroyed his home and most of his 1 million images.
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