THE FILE 500,000 35mm transparencies, 2,500 medium format, 10,000 hi-res digital files (3000 dpi @ 100%; TIF format), 5,000 8x10-inch black-and-white prints.

OVERVIEW Geographically focused on Latin America, including Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean Basin. Images generally editorial with some advertising and studio work. Detailed coverage of every country in Latin America -- urban scenics, people, architecture, government, transportation, travel destinations, major industries and commercial activities. Extensive coverage of most named geographic regions, landforms and related geological features and formations. Files also cover anthropology and archaeology including dozens of native peoples/cultures and a variety of ruins, both historic and prehistoric.

NATURAL HISTORY Rainforest, cloud forest and desert flora and fauna from Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. Louisiana's swamps, bayous, wetlands and marshes.

URBAN LIFE AND SCENICS People at work, play, festivals, leisure, traveling, dining, home, school, university and participating in life cycle events like weddings, communion, 15-year birthday ceremony. Pedestrian and vehicle traffic including crowded sidewalks, dense traffic and jams, pollution. Overviews of major cities and coverage of neighborhoods, both rich and poor. Views of historic and modern buildings, government buildings, churches, museums, schools, universities, shops, shopping centers, main roads and boulevards, traffic circles, monuments, squares and markets.

ANTHROPOLOGY , ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY Native peoples with anthropological focus on daily life, farming, subsistence activities, homes and domestic life, costume, crafts, dance, ritual and festivals. Detailed archaeological coverage of Olmec, Maya, Toltec, Aztec, Inca and pre-Inca ruins showing major temples, pyramids, tombs, house mounds and archaeologists working in them. Broad, representative coverage of Olmec, Maya, Toltec, Aztec, Inca and pre-Inca artifacts including pottery, domestic implements, ceremonial objects, gold artifacts, jade artifacts, shell artifacts, obsidian and chert cutting tools, mano and metate grinding tools, murals and others. Detailed images depicting the Spanish conquest of the Americas and the Colonial period that followed. Colonial buildings, towns, cities, ports, forts and depictions of battles, treaties, daily life, ceremonial events and famous individuals.

GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY Files include most named mountain ranges, mountains, peaks, highlands, volcanos, forests, glaciers, bays, beaches, oceans, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, valleys, plateaus, deserts and islands. Geologic coverage of faults, strata, minerals, volcanic deposits, aeolian deposits, caves and cave deposits, alluvial deposits and many others. Files cover geologists working in the field and land mining.

TOURISM AND DESTINATIONS All major tourist destinations from beaches to colonial towns, waterfalls to major urban centers. Includes resorts, spas, parks, nature reserves, botanical gardens, zoos, historic and pre-historic buildings, and ruins. Eco-tourism and extreme sport travel. Older, retired tourists engaged in active travel activities. Boating, sailing, cruising and cruise destinations, and ports.

INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE Major industries and commercial activities in each country in Latin America and most islands in the Caribbean Basin.

SPECIALTIES Detailed geographic coverage of Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean from the files of 120 professional, award-winning, well-published photographers. Extensive file on Louisiana and Gulf of Mexico.

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela and every Caribbean island, including Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico.

RECENT COVERAGE Chile, Mexico, Bolivia, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Aruba, Grenada, Cuba and Puerto Rico.

CREDITS Magazines/Newspapers: Abercrombie, Aboard, American Way, Americas, Apple Vacations, Audubon, Bon Appétit, Bonniers, Bride's, Caribbean Travel & Life, CFO, Condé Nast Traveler, Discover, Discovery Channel, Diversion, Elle, Endless Vacation, Enroute, Esquire, Expedia, First for Women, Fodor's, Forbes, Geo, Gourmet, Guest Informant, Insight, Interra International, Latin Trade, L'Express, London Times, Los Angeles Times Travel, Mature Travel, Modern Bride, National Geographic Traveler, Native Peoples, Newsweek, New York Times Travel, North-South, Off Duty, Outside, Radisson Seven Seas, Reader's Digest, Saveur Garden, Scholastic, Der Spiegel, Sugar Y Azúcar, Taxi, The Territory Ahead, Time, Travel Agent, Travel Holiday, Travel + Leisure, U.S./Latin Trade, U.S. News & World Report, Vista, Washington Post, Weekly Reader, World & I. Books: Abrams, Accent, Addison-Wesley, Allyn & Bacon, Augsburg, Britannica, Wm. C. Brown, Childrens Press, Dillon, Doubleday, Electronic Publishing, EMC Publishing, Funk & Wagnalls, Glencoe, Grolier, Harcourt, HarperCollins, Harper & Row, Heath, Heinle & Heinle, Holt, Houghton Mifflin, Lerner, Lonely Planet, Longman, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, McDougal Littell, Modern Curriculum, Nystrom, Oxford, Pearson, Peguis, Prentice-Hall, Reader's Digest, Scholastic, Scott Foresman, Silver Burdett, Steck Vaughn, Times Publishing, Weldon Owen, West, Wiley, World Book. Travel: Apple, Clipper Cruise Line, GVW International, Radisson Seven Seas. Member: ASPP.

RELATED CREDENTIALS/SKILLS Affiliates in Argentina, Brazil, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Turkey. Agency has dozens of photographers living throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.

NONEDITORIAL SERVICES Professional database programmer and Web designer.