THE FILE 100,000 35mm, 2¼ and 4x5, digital.

OVERVIEW Adventure sports and scenics from mountain and desert regions of the American West with emphasis on national parks and wilderness areas. Scientific names for plants and animals are provided in captions.

NATURAL HISTORY Scenics, closeups and abstracts of the natural world in all seasons. Wildflowers and plants. Geologic formations. Emphasis on desert and mountain wilderness.

GENERAL STOCK Remote desert and mountain West; new perspectives of more common areas. Artistic interpretations of wilderness landscapes. Adventure sports, wilderness travel. Cultural prehistory.

SPECIALTIES Unique perspectives of common subjects and in-depth coverage of remote locales. Thoughtfully composed imagery that evokes a sense of place. Wilderness travel from extremes of ice climbing to wandering red rock canyons. Medium-format coverage of people in the landscape, including alpine, ice and rock climbing, backcountry and cross-country skiing, backpacking, canoeing, hiking, mountain biking, mountaineering.

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS U.S.: Alaska, Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming. Blanket coverage of Canyonlands, Death Valley, Escalante-Grand Staircase, Mt. Rainier, North Cascades, Sierra Nevada. Australia. Canada: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon. China. New Zealand. Tahiti.

RECENT COVERAGE Amargosa River, backcountry, adventure ice skating, snow surveying, John Muir Trail, Death Valley, Sierra Nevada wilderness, Joshua Tree NP.

PHOTOGRAPHIC PLANS Skiing the Alps, Europe, snow surveying in the Sierra Nevada

CREDITS Magazines/Newspapers: Numerous national and international natural history and adventure sports credits, including Alaska Airlines, Backpacker, Bicycling, California Wild, Camping Life, Climbing, Couloir, Cross Country Skier, Defenders of Wildlife, Family Fun, Geo (Germany), Globo (Germany), Home & Away, Hooked on the Outdoors, Los Angeles Times, National Geographic Adventure, National Parks, National Wildlife, Nature Conservancy, Northwest Airlines, Outdoor Retailer, Outside Online, Powder, River, Rock and Ice, San Francisco Chronicle, Sierra, Sports Afield, Trail Runner, Wilderness, Woman Sport. Books: American Alpine Club, Blackbirch, Black Dog & Leventhal, Cachuma Press, Capstone, Falcon, Fine Edge, Gibbs Smith, KC Publications, Macmillan, Mountaineers, Mountain Sports Press, National Geographic, National Park Service, Northwest Airlines, Raintree, Sierra, Time4Media, UC Press, Voyageur, Wilderness Press. Advertising/Corporate: AT&T, Aviation Books, Black Diamond, Campaign for America's Wilderness, Climb High, Dana Design, Dun & Bradstreet, Early Winters, Ford Motor, Garmont, Hachette, McDonald's (Canada), MontBell, Moonstone, Nike, NW Airlines, Outdoor Retailer, Outside Online, Patagonia, REI, Rodale, Sierra Club Outings, Sierra Designs, Sonoco, Starwave, Sympatex, The Territory Ahead, 3M, Vaude. Calendars: Abbeville, Avalanche, Backpacker, Celestial Products, Climbing, Day Dream, Impact, Mono Lake, Mountaineers, TriVision, Willow Creek Press. Other: Websites, greeting cards, news and government agencies including Discovery Channel Online, National Forest Service, National Park Service, Princeton University.

COMMENTS Thirty years of backcountry experience and strong skills as a climber, skier and mountaineer enable John Dittli to travel and photograph remote areas not accessible to the average photographer. Prompt, well-edited responses to stock requests, overnight delivery, no research fees. See Direct Stock 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or call/fax/email for samples, stocklist. Seeks challenging assignments.