THE FILE 14,000+ 35mm.

OVERVIEW Laura Dwight specializes in straightforward, natural and realistic pictures of people. Her file is broadest in the coverage of childhood, but covers the lifespan.

GENERAL STOCK Infant and child development, children with disabilities (including Down syndrome), education (preschool, elementary school, high school), teenagers, seniors, family life. Ethnic and racial diversity in these areas.

SPECIALTIES Lifespan development for psychology textbooks; children and family life for magazines.

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS Northeastern United States, particularly New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Photography of people only.

CREDITS Magazines: BabyTalk, Educational Leadership, Family Circle, Scholastic (Early Childhood Today, My First Magazine, Parent & Child), Reader's Digest, Parents, Children's Television Workshop (Sesame Street Parents, Creative Classroom, Padres de Sesame Street), Weekly Reader. Books: Addison-Wesley, Allyn & Bacon, Brooks-Cole, Wm. C. Brown, W. H. Freeman, Funk & Wagnalls, HarperCollins, Heath, Houghton Mifflin, McGraw-Hill, Macmillan, Pearson Education, Prentice-Hall, Silver Burdett, Simon & Schuster, Southwestern, Wiley, Worth. Author/Photographer: Twelve books for toddlers, including: All My Things; Babies All Around; Hello, School; Me & My Dad; Me & My Grandma; Me & My Grandpa; Me & My Mom; What Happens Next?; Where's the Baby? (Star Bright Books); six books for young children, including We Are All Alike...We Are All Different (Scholastic), An Alphabet of Hand Signs; Be Quiet, Marina!; Brothers and Sisters, We Can Do It! (Star Bright Books). Agents: Peter Arnold (NY), Omni-Photo Communications (NY), Photo Edit (Long Beach CA); on the Internet only: Alamy.com, Mira.com, Corbis.com

COMMENTS Fully captioned, computerized library. Available for assignments.