Chris Rainier recently released his latest book, Ancient Marks, which documents traditional tribal tattooing around the globe. Images from the book were displayed this summer on the photo screen in New York City’s Times Square. Rainier’s portfolio also was included in the October 2004 issue of National Geographic Adventure magazine. Rainier, who specializes in documenting indigenous cultures, is a codirector of the Culture Initiative and Ethnosphere Expeditions at the National Geographic Society. From 1980 to 1985, he was a photographic assistant to the late Ansel Adams.

Jenifer Schramm has resigned her position as executive director of the Photographic Center Northwest. Schramm joined the nonprofit, community-based center as education director in 1998, and became executive director in 2001. During her tenure, PCNW became a regional art center hosting classes, lectures and exhibits by internationally recognized photographers and collectors, including Bruce Davidson, Graciela Iturbide, Mary Ellen Mark, Sebastião Salgado and Paul Brainerd.

MILESTONES

Jim Felt and Henry Ngan, owners of Studio 3, recently celebrated the 30th year of their photography business. The two high school friends founded the business in 1974. At its peak, they had studios in four cities, including Detroit and Greensboro, N.C. Since then, they have focused on operating studios in Seattle and Portland, Ore., with a staff of seven photographers.

The studio’s capabilities include film and digital, in-studio or on-location, with scouting, casting, styling and set construction services. Numbered among Studio 3’s clients are Starbucks, Intel, Sony Electronics, Leatherman, Microsoft, InFocus, AT&T, Nintendo and Freightliner. Portfolios are available for viewing on the studio’s website, www.studio3.com.

SPECIAL HONORS

International Photography Awards recently announced the honorees and nominees for the 2004 Lucie Awards.

The ceremonies will be held Oct. 18 at the American Airlines Theatre in New York City. Special Tribute presentations will honor Helmut Newton and Francesco Scavullo. Gene Trindl and Henri Cartier-Bresson, recipients of Lucie Awards in 2003, will be remembered, and the winners of the IPA Photographer of the Year and Discovery awards also will be presented with Lucies.

Among those being honored are Gordon Parks, Lifetime Achievement in Photography; Sebastião Salgado, Humanitarian Award; Cornell Capa, Visionary Award; Arthur Leipzig, Outstanding Achievement in Fine Art Photography; Sylvia Plachy, Outstanding Achievement for Women in Photography; Julius Shulman, Outstanding Achievement in Architecture Photography; Jim Marshall, Outstanding Achievement in Music Photography; Bruce Davidson, Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Photography; James Nachtwey, Outstanding Achievement in Photojournalism; Bert Stern, Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment Photography; Lillian Bassman, Outstanding Achievement in Fashion Photography; Bob Willoughby, Outstanding Achievement in Still Photography for Motion Pictures; Arnold Newman, Outstanding Achievement in Portraiture; and Jay Maisel, Outstanding Achievement in Advertising Photography.

The North American Nature Photography Association has announced its award recipients for 2005. Tui de Roy, who has published two books about the Galápagos Islands, has been named the 2005 Outstanding Photographer of the Year.

Lifetime Achievement Awards will be bestowed upon Clyde Butcher, a large-format, black-and-white photographer, and John Sexton, in recognition of his 30-year career in black-and-white photography. Sexton also is scheduled as the keynote speaker at NANPA’s annual summit, Jan. 19-23, 2005, in Charlotte, N.C.

Seattle’s Wildlands Press, a publishing arm of Art Wolfe, Inc., has been recognized for Wolfe’s most recent book, Edge of the Earth — Corner of the Sky. The book was honored with the Publishers Marketing Association’s Benjamin Franklin Award in the Arts category, and also garnered an IPPY Award in the Coffee Table Book category, presented by Independent Publisher magazine.

Edge of the Earth — Corner of the Sky contains images from seven continents. Robert Redford, a founding member and trustee of the National Resources Defense Council, contributed the book’s foreword.

Wolfe recently addressed a bipartisan congressional caucus on the need to protect the country’s national parks. The caucus is cochaired by Rep. Brian Baird (D-Wash.) and includes more than 40 members.

PASSAGES: Josef Scaylea, Ed Glazer

Josef Scaylea, one of the Seattle Times’ most recognized photographers, died on July 20 of natural causes, at the age of 91.

The son of Italian immigrants, Scaylea was born Josef Scaglia on a Connecticut farm in 1913. He attended a photography school in New York, then put his newly-polished skills to work in corporate and trade publications. After serving as an army photographer in the Pacific during World War II, he settled in Seattle. He was hired by the Times and spent the next 35 years photographing Northwest landmarks, events and people.

In 1954, Scaylea received the first of the more than 1,000 national awards that would grace his 50-year career in photography. His picture of the University of Washington crew team was selected Sports Photograph of the Year by Look magazine. Subsequent honors included being named one of the 10 Top Press Photographers of the Nation (10 times) and West Coast Press Photographer of the Year (also 10 times). In addition to the Times and Look, his work appeared in such publications as Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, Life and The Saturday Evening Post. Scaylea also produced seven books, including his 1981 homage to Mount Rainier, Moods of the Mountain.

Although he retired from the Times at age 70, he continued as an active photographer, making many of his Pacific Northwest images available over the Internet. As his health failed in recent years, friends would drive him to his favorite spots around the region, allowing him to continue practicing his art.

Scaylea is survived by four daughters — Jodene Hawkins of Hawaii, Annette Scaglia of Seattle, Michele Scaglia of Burien and Jill Chrisman of Boise — along with five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He and his wife, Virginia Christopher of Seattle, divorced in the late 1970s.

Ed Glazer, founder of Glazer’s Camera in Seattle, died June 8 at the age of 95. Glazer launched his business in 1935, from a location on First Avenue, not far from Pioneer Square. With the goal of becoming Seattle’s finest photography resource, Glazer moved the store to Third Avenue in the 1960s.

Many internationally known photographers, such as Bob Peterson and Chuck Kuhn, credit Glazer with helping them through the early days of their careers, and recall many instances of Glazer’s extending credit to struggling photographers. Among its famous clientele, Glazer’s counts Art Wolfe, Mary Ellen Mark, Jock Sturges, Graham Nash, Randy Johnson, Conan O’Brien, David Crosby and Oscar Peterson.

The business will remain in the family, as Glazer’s son-in-law, Bob Lackman, has assumed ownership. Rebecca Kaplan, Lackman’s daughter, recently became the company’s marketing and advertising manager. Glazer also is survived by his wife, Sylvia, daughter Janet Lackman, and son Ari Lackman.