NY, NY, January 23, 2006 -- The PhotoImaging Manufacturers & Distributors Association (PMDA) http://www.pmda.com announced today that Graham Nash, award-winning photographer and legendary member of the rock group Crosby, Stills, & Nash and his partner, master printmaker Mac Holbert of Nash Editions, are winners of the prestigious PMDA "Visionary Award" for inventing digital fine art printing. The prestigious Visionary Award will be presented during the annual PMDA Awards Dinner, held the night before PMA on Saturday, February 25, 2006 at the Caribe Royal Hotel in Orlando, Florida.

Co-founded in 1989 by Mac Holbert and Graham Nash, Nash Editions is widely regarded as starting a photographic revolution with their invention of digital fine art printing. Today Nash Editions is considered one of the leading fine art photographic printmaking studios in the world.

While best known as a founding member of the super rock group Crosby, Stills, & Nash, Nash (in conjunction with Holbert), also developed a parallel career as a photographer, photography collector, and digital imaging pioneer. Although Nash and Holbert were excited with the potential of digital photography, these digital printmaking pioneers were disappointed with the limitations of existing digital output technologies. To combat this, Nash and Holbert co-developed unique methods of outputting Nash’s black & white photos by experimenting with scanning and manipulating photographic images on a computer using an Iris 3047 printer. Over the years, they worked diligently to refine both their equipment and techniques using advanced Epson printing technology.

The National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution has recently acquired the original Nash Editions Iris 3047 printer that started the fine art digital printmaking revolution. Nash Editions has donated this printer along with imaging equipment to the National Museum for inclusion in their History of American Photography Collection.

"It’s been exciting and fulfilling to be part of the development of this incredible new technology. This recognition by PMDA is a wonderful acknowledgement of how the mainstream photographic community has embraced the digital photographic revolution," said Mac Holbert and Graham Nash. "We look forward to the awards ceremony and the opportunity to thank the award’s sponsors in person and meet the industry leaders who will be in attendance."