THE FILE 20,000 35mm and digital.

OVERVIEW Africa and the Arab World emphasizing Islam, people, agriculture, environment, handicrafts, tropical flowers and other botanical subjects, problems of public health and economic development. Now adding Peru, Mexico, Honduras. U.S. cities (See Geographic Areas). Images targeted for textbook and educational market.

SPECIALTIES Modern and traditional people dealing with the complexities and challenges of everyday life in the undeveloped world. West African ethnic groups. Islamic peoples. Mosques. Eid al-Adha celebrations. African handicrafts. African culture, geography, infrastructure, natural resources. Plant life of tropical and semi-arid Africa. Agribusiness in Africa; traditional farming methods. Environmental problems and solutions. AIDS/HIV education programs in Ivory Coast. Guinea worm education and eradication programs in Ivory Coast and Niger. Oaxaca, Mexico Day of the Dead Celebrations.

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS West Africa: Niger, Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire), Mali, Ghana, Burkina Faso. North Africa: Morocco, Tunisia, Libya. Middle East: Oman. Europe: Wales (Welsh Castles, Offa's Dike), Malta, and Gozo. Central America: Honduras. South America: Peru. U.S.: Chicago, Ft. Lauderdale, New Orleans, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington D.C., Alaskan coastal towns, environmental and agricultural topics on Hawaii, the Big Island, plus Oahu and Maui. Canada: British Columbia, Vancouver, Victoria; Jasper NP. Mexico: Oaxaca.

CREDITS Magazines/Newspapers: American Cage Bird, Beirut Daily Star, Condé Nast Traveler (U.S. and U.K. editions), Everyday Learning, Flower and Garden, Muse Magazine, Our Sunday Visitor, Response, Saudi Aramco World, Science, The World and I. Books: Addison Wesley, Crabtree Publishing, Flinn Scientific Catalog, Harcourt Education, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Jones and Bartlett, Lerner Publications, McGraw Hill, Pearson Education, Prentice Hall, Sinauer Associates, Stacey International, Duval House Publishing. Calendars: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Madison, Wisconsin, 2001 (cover), 2002 (September), 2004 (April), 2006 (April), 2007 (October); Chicago, 2005 (March). Postcards: Chicago, Washington, D.C.

RELATED CREDENTIALS/SKILLS Chuck Cecil has 23 years of experience dealing with foreign governments in sensitive or challenging environments as well as working closely with the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Peace Corps in evaluating how best to target limited U.S. financial resources on economic development objectives. Being fluent in French and conversant in Arabic opens many doors.

COMMENTS Based in Washington, D.C. Cecil Often travels on self-generated, stock-oriented trips. Will consider proposals combining text/photo assignments. Four stock agents.