THE FILE 250,000+ 35mm.

GENERAL STOCK Underwater destination and tropical adventure travel. A large personal collection of underwater photography gathered from 30 years of world travel. Documentary and behavioral images of thousands of marine species.

ENVIRONMENTAL Reef ecology and threats to reefs' survival. Healthy versus unhealthy marine habitats. Development, dynamiting and fishing as threats to marine life. Scenes of coastlines, islands, reefs, storms, sunsets, tropical areas, waves, weather.

SPECIALTIES Hundreds of episodes with sharks in feeding situations. More than 450 hours in shark cages photographing great whites. Wide selection of grays, hammerheads, silvertips, whale sharks, others. Immense file of high-quality fish portraits from the tropical world. Diver/model scenes. Photos of reef structures and societies, with emphasis on color and a profusion of species.

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS Asia/Pacific: Australia's Coral Sea and western coast, Baja, Borneo, Cocos Island, Fiji, Galápagos Island, Guam, Hawaii, Maldives, Malpelo, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Red Sea, Socorro, Solomon Islands, Truk, Vanuatu, Yap. Collateral above-water photos of ancient cities and natural wonders, including Machu Picchu (Peru), Nan Madol (Micronesia, Ponape), Petra (Jordan), Sigiriya (Sri Lanka). Caribbean: Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bonaire, Cozumel, Curaçao, Grenadines, Roatán, Saba, St. John, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, Turks & Caicos.

PHOTOGRAPHIC PLANS More cruises to Papua New Guinea, Malpelo, Socorro and others for reef and big-animal photography. Carl Roessler recently enjoyed his 25th annual great white shark expedition, and he looks forward to more!

CREDITS Magazines: Discover Diving, Diver, Geo, International Wildlife, National Geographic Special Publications, Ocean Realm, Outside, Ranger Rick, Skin Diver, Der Spiegel, Der Stern, many others. Author/ Photographer-Books: Underwater Wilderness (Chanticleer, 1977), Mastering Underwater Photography (Morrow, 1987), Coral Kingdoms (Abrams, 1987), The Predators (1987), Diver's Guide to the Cayman Islands (1987), Diver's Guide to Australia (1991), Great Reefs of the World (1991; these four by Pisces/Gulf Publishing). Agents: Animals Animals/Earth Scenes (Chatham NY), Bruce Coleman Inc. (NY), FPG (NY), Stone (Los Angeles).

COMMENTS Because he has a wide variety of material collected over many years, Carl Roessler can often suggest alternatives for a wantlist.