THE FILE 25,000 35mm; new image files from Nikon D-100 and D2X cameras.

OVERVIEW Kevin Fitz Patrick's photography is a fusion of scientific, documentary and aesthetic imaging that provides a visual history of the study of biodiversity and its implications in today's world.

NATURAL HISTORY Photographic coverage of the southern and northern regions of the Appalachian range and from the New England Coast to the Adirondacks, including forests, flowering and nonflowering plants, animal life, rivers and streams, riparian zones, wetlands, coastal environments, seasons, natural patterns, environmental issues and field research.

ENVIRONMENTAL All aspects of watershed protection, including forest conservation, water quality, land use and population issues. Documentary coverage of ecological field research of forest and aquatic ecosystems. Volunteer involvement with environmental activities, especially student action.

SPECIALTIES Twenty-five years experience photographing and producing multi-image programs for conservation organizations, nature centers, state and federal agencies. Production of image and natural sound packages of specific ecosystems for museum and environmental education center exhibits. In addition, Fitz Patrick documents biodiversity inventories being conducted in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Acadia National Park, Nantucket Island and Adirondack Park in order to promote the study of biodiversity and to encourage the development of "citizen science."

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS New England and the northeast and the Appalachian regions of Northern Georgia, North Carolina (including Great Smokies), South Carolina, Tennessee.

CREDITS Magazines/Newspapers: Appalachian Voice, Charlotte Observer, GEO, Guideposts, Massachusetts Audubon, Mountain Ideas, North Carolina Nature Conservancy, North Shore, Permaculture Activist, PGA. Paper Products: North and South Carolina Wildlife Federation. Advertising/Corporate: (All multi-image programs) Chattooga River Watershed Coalition, Highlands Land Trust, Little Tennessee Watershed Assn., Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition, Southern Environmental Law Center, Western North Carolina Alliance, University of North Carolina, University of South Carolina, WBT-TV Charlotte (NC), WIS-TV Columbia (SC), WSAV-TV Savannah (GA), WSOC-TV Charlotte (NC), The New Hampshire Timber Owners Assn. Other: Publications for Tennessee Valley Authority, U.S. Forest Service. Member: ASMP, NANPA (charter member), Nature Sound Society. Award: 2002 winner of the NANPA Russ Kinne Recognition Award.

COMMENTS Strong individual and sequential images that focus on the natural history of the southern and northern Appalachian regions, New England and the northeast. Complete production facility for producing multi-image and other audio/visual programming. Available for assignments, especially on environmental and conservation subjects.