THE FILE 85,000 Leica aerials on Fuji Velvia 35mm. More than 6,500 images online at www.airphotona.com.

OVERVIEW Airphoto provides aerial images of ordinary scenes of society and geography -- and extraordinary scenes of hidden, remote and serendipitous places.

AGRICULTURE AND AGRIBUSINESS Locations include the entire continental U.S. and western and maritime Canada. Subjects: crops, working field machinery, farm homes, ranch headquarters and related infrastructure. Rich patterns and lighting are emphasized.

RECREATION Emphasizing golf, water activities, ski areas, resort and travel destinations.

INDUSTRY Extensive mining and oil activities, power plants, dams, heavy industry, land and water transportation. Minor coverage includes educational facilities, prisons, scientific and military locations.

URBAN AREAS Major cities include New York, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Denver, Los Angeles, New Orleans and San Francisco. Photos of hundreds of smaller cities and towns across the U.S. and some in Canada.

MARINE SUBJECTS Rivers, lakes, dams, coastlines, beaches, wetlands, ports, lighthouses, shipping.

NATURAL HISTORY, GEOLOGY, WEATHER, ENVIRONMENT Major emphasis includes: national parks (U.S., Canada), wilderness and protected areas, geologic features and landforms, erosion, historic and archaeological sites. Sky, clouds, climate and weather phenomena are a passion.

SPECIAL PROJECTS The Lewis & Clark journey from Monticello, Virginia to Astoria, Oregon (3,500+ photos). Rio Grande, Mississippi, Missouri and Colorado rivers. Entire length of borders of the U.S. and Mexico and Canada (not Alaska). Entire Lake Superior shoreline. U.S. Continental Divide from Mexico to Canada. Remains of the Century - 2,500 images of junkyards, shipwrecks, crumbling or rusting structures.

SPECIALTIES Many of Airphoto's images are especially suited to natural history, environmental and educational publications. Selection of strong graphic images appeal to commercial and advertising market.

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS All aerials. Extensive Canada (all provinces) and U.S. (all states including Alaska and Hawaii). Some Bahamas, Caribbean islands, Costa Rica, Mexico.

PHOTOGRAPHIC PLANS Airphoto is an efficient one-person, one-airplane operation. Photographer Jim Wark travels regularly throughout the country on assignment, self-assignment, stock-shooting and mapping jobs. If he doesn't have the image you are looking for, ask for a quote.

CREDITS Images sold worldwide for 15 years in 32 countries. Magazines/Newspapers: Amicus Journal, AOPA Pilot, Archaeology, Backpacker, DW, The Denver Post, Environment, Geo, Go Boating, Historie Geographie, Le Figaro, Mountain Pilot, National Geographic, Natural History, New York Times, Northern Pilot, Outdoor America, Pilot Journal, Plane & Pilot, Reader's Digest, Sierra. The Wall Street Journal Books: Capstone Press, Compass Point Books, Dorling Kindersley, Harcourt, Havas Educational Group, Holt Rinehart & Winston, Houghton Mifflin, Lonely Planet, MTO Books, McGraw Hill, National Geographic, Newbridge, Pearson Education, Prentice Hall, Running Press, White Star. Advertising/Corporate: BF Goodrich, CH2M Hill, Infinity Oil, Johnson Group, Gustafson, Land's End, Toyo Tires. Other: Maine Coast Heritage Trust, NOAA, NRDC, State of Colorado, Trust for Public Land, U.S. Bureau of Prisons, Urban Land Institute, Western National Parks Assn., Wilderness Society. Agents: Alaska Stock (Alaska), AFLO (Japan), Altitude (France), Energy Shooters (Texas), Index Stock Imagery (New York City), Keiffer Nature Stock (Colorado), Lonely Planet (Australia), Peter Arnold (New York City), SkyScan (UK).

RELATED CREDENTIALS/SKILLS All photography for four books in publication: Colorado - An Aerial Geography of the Highest State (Western Reflections); Discovering Lewis & Clark from the Air (Mountain Press, 2004); A Field Guide to Sprawl (W.W. Norton, 2004) and America, Flying High (White Star, Italy).

COMMENTS Airphoto is affilliated with a full-service digital lab with capability of the highest quality scanning and printing. Available for assignments throughout the United States. Assignments can be shot in either 35mm of medium format. Our motto is "We go after the pictures."

NONEDITORIAL SERVICES All of Jim Wark's photography is available in signed and numbered Giclee collector's prints. In addition to stock photography and assignments, Airphoto is experienced in handling photo mapping projects of up to 150 square miles.