Focus Awards Archive by Award

Rising Star – 2013

Shane Lavalette

Shane Lavalette

Shane Lavalette, Founding Publisher and Editor of Lavalette and the Director of Light Work in Syracuse, NY

www.shanelavalette.com/

Presented by: Susan Worsham

Susan Worsham will present the award to Shane Lavalette

Rising Star – 2012

Aline Smithson

Aline Smithson, began her career as a fashion editor and is now a widely published and exhibited photographer, educator and blogger.

alinesmithson.com/

Presented by: Caleb Cole

Caleb Cole will present the award to Aline Smithson.

Rising Star – 2011

Eileen Gittins

Eileen Gittins, is Founder, President, and CEO of Blurb.

Presented by: Joyce Tenneson

Joyce Tenneson will present the award to Ms. Gittins.

Rising Star – 2010

David Bram

David Bram

Based in Albuquerque, NM, Bram is editor, curator, and founder of the popular and influential Fraction Magazine, now in its sixteenth issue.

www.fractionmagazine.com/david-bram/

Presented by: Mary Virginia Swanson

Marketing Consultant, Swanson makes it her goal to help photographers find the strengths in their work and identify appreciative audiences for their prints, exhibitions, editorial, and licensing placement. She will present the award to David Bram.

Rising Star – 2009

Rob Haggart

Rob Haggart

Haggart is the former director of photography for Men’s Journal and Outside magazines. He has received photo editing recognition from Graphis, American Photography, Society of Publication Designers, Communication Arts, American Society of Magazine Editors and Photo District News, and was chosen as part of the creative team of the year by Ad Week. He currently freelances as a photography director and runs APhotoEditor.com, a blog on photography.

aphotoeditor.com