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Gettyone.com, an Internet portal that allows creative professionals to search, download and purchase images online, has added 2,000 images from the National Geographic Image Collection to its site. By the end of 2000, it’s estimated that the number will grow to 6,000-plus.

It’s expected that the site will also offer film and video under the agreement, joining other gettyone.com marketing partners such as Foodpix (provider of food and drink photography); Illustration Works, which provides licensable illustrations; and the Bridgeman Art Library.

Daily photographs from award-winning Washington Post photographers, along with images from a network of freelance contributors, photo agencies and news wires worldwide, will be available on Camera Works. Users will also have access to an archived listing of photo galleries by news section: OnPolitics, World, Nation, Metro, Business and Technology, Sports and others.

Kodak ‘Image Center’ Processes Olympic Images On Site
Eastman Kodak Co., corporate sponsor of the Olympic Games, continued a 103-year-old tradition by establishing an on-site processing center at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. The 21,000-square-foot center provided free, high-quality photo processing to more than 1,000 accredited photojournalists, a service that allowed professional photographers to then convert their work into digital images and transmit them by telephone or high-speed data lines to newsrooms all over the world.

SanDisk and Photo-Me Partner On Digital Photo Kiosk Service
SanDisk Corp. and Photo-Me International have announced a joint venture called Digital Portal Inc., which will, through self-vending digital photo labs bearing SanDisk’s name, offer consumers an opportunity to obtain digital prints without using their own personal computer or printer. Deployment of the kiosks, the first silver halide process self-service kiosks in the world, will take place later this year.

Consumers will be able to insert their digital film flash memory cards, floppy disks or CD-ROMs into the kiosks to obtain prints; consumers will also be able to upload their personal files of digital pictures either from the kiosk or from their home PC to the DPI Internet site, where the photos can be accessed by friends or family members.

Study Sees Growth in Digital Photography
A new study of consumer households endorses the concept that digital photo imaging is continuing its steady upward growth. Data revealed in the 2000 DIMA Consumer Digital Imaging Survey, released by the Photo Marketing Association International in August, tackled such specific areas as home computer ownership and usage, digital imaging equipment ownership and usage, Internet access and usage, and use of related equipment and outside services for processing and utilizing digital images.

Yellowstone Guidebook Reveals 230 Waterfalls
What began as a challenge among three Yellowstone National Park enthusiasts—two summer park workers and a historian—has resulted in a new guidebook.

Paul Rubenstein, Lee Whittlesey and Mike Stevens made a joint pact to hike to the 50 known waterfall sites within the national park and document and photograph any new discoveries during their adventure. The on-foot challenge—which uncovered 230 new waterfalls within the park’s boundaries measuring 15 feet or more in height—has resulted in The Guide to Yellowstone Waterfalls and Their Discovery (Westcliff Publishing, $24.95). The guidebook not only details the locations of the new discoveries but also talks about the various adventures—including lightning strikes and grizzly bears—that the trio encountered.

Report Spotlights 12 Event Photo Websites
Future Image Inc., the Internet and digital imaging research firm recently referred to by Forbes.com as "the digital photography industry’s main research body," has announced the publication of its latest research study on the consumer internet Imaging space: "Wedding and Event Photos Online — New Content Strategies to Drive Consumer Traffic and Revenues."

The 75-page report spotlights 12 Internet companies pioneering innovative content strategies to build and monetize consumer audiences. Some are well-known in the photography business, such as Hicks Equipment, Express Digital and Allin Digital; some are newcomers like PrimeShot.com, ASPN.com and JoePix. The report features in-depth company profiles analyzing each company’s business model, management strength, funding, technology platform, strategic alliances and future prospects.

The report also includes interviews with 14 key industry executives and the results from Future Image’s primary survey of professional people photographers regarding online proofing as a business development strategy, including requirements in the areas of pricing, protection of intellectual property, equipment and the decision-making process.

Thirty six award-winning photographs were chosen from 3,200 entries for the 2000 Annual Washington State High School Photography Competition. Sponsored by Rainier Photographic Supply, the annual contest saw more entries this year than ever in its 20-year history. Best of Show went to Gregory McManis of Shorewood High School for his image of a burning match, called "Flame." First place in the sports activities category went to Tracey Lemon at The Northwest School, for the photo above. In overall scoring, Lakeside High School garnered top honors, followed by The Northwest School, while Juanita and Shorewood high schools tied for third place. The complete list of winners, and a gallery of their images, is available online at www.rainierphoto.com.

Ivey Seright, the first commercial photo lab in the Pacific Northwest to offer digital imaging, has undergone a name change to Photobition Seattle and will continue to service the photography, advertising agency, designer and retail marketing community. A complete photo digital imaging center, Ivey Seright’s commercial accounts include Boeing, Adidas, Eddie Bauer, Hollywood Video and The North Face.

University of California Riverside Benefits from Two Grants
The University of California Riverside’s California Museum of Photography was the recipient of two grants this past summer. The first, for $20,000, was given by the National Endowment for the Arts in support of the museum’s popular "Digital Wizards," "Digital First Sundays," "CyberGirls," and "WebWorks" programs. The four UCR/CMP programs, which encourage the general public and professionals alike to embrace digital expression and creativity, will use the funding towards equipment and staffing.

A second grant, in the amount of $2,000, was endowed by the Community Foundation of Riverside County toward the "Digital First Sundays" program and its free, family-oriented workshops that promote digital photography, the use of the Internet and similar topics of interest.

Kodak Endows Scholarships for RIT Minority Photo Students
Kodak Professional, a division of Eastman Kodak Co., has given a $25,000 endowment to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to provide financial aid to minority students studying photography.

The scholarship honors professional photographer Howard L. Bingham and will benefit students within the Bachelor of Fine Arts Photography curriculum of RIT’s School of Photographic Arts and Sciences.

Youth in Focus Honored by  U.S. Presidential Arts Committee
Seattle’s Youth In Focus program was one of 10 arts and humanities organizations from across the United States to be honored recently for their outstanding work in expanding learning opportunities for at-risk youth. The organization was also honored for providing safe and productive environments for after-school activites, and giving young people ways to contribute to their communities.

The program, founded by Walter Bodle in 1994, uses photography to help inner-city teens experience their world in new ways, motivating them to make positive changes in their lives. It is receiving the Coming Up Taller Award—an award and cash gift issued by the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities—for "employing photography as a means of equipping young people with a way to explore and document their world around them and to celebrate youth as creative, articulate community members."

Two ceremonies took place on September 27 to present the award, one honoring all 10 recipients in the Senate Caucus Room in Washington, D.C., in which Bodle was present, and another at the Benham Studio/Gallery in Seattle. The Seattle ceremony included Mayor Paul Schell and his wife Pam, former Mayor Norm Rice, photographers Art Wolfe and Phil Borges, and Seattle Arts Commission Director Susan Trapnell making the presentation to the Youth in Focus students, mentors, staff and board members.