Mary Herbert recently received the Society of American Travel Writers' (SATW) Silver Award for her photographic essay on the Ethiopian Orthodox festival of Timkat, a UNESCO-honored event. This came a year after she received the Gold Award for her coverage of the colorful, centuries-old livestock market in Nizwa, Oman. In July, 2024, the Carolina Raptor Center awarded her photo of a Laughing Kookaburra "Best in Show."

In addition, our films, whether documentaries on destinations or on social issues, continue to be official selections in festivals around the globe.

Our projects support social justice issues, including civil rights and climate change. Our first documentary, The Dream Revisited: Civil Rights in Perspective, has been screened at film festivals, churches, museums and commemorative events on the East Coast . And, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Women's Suffrage, we collaborated with the League of Women Voters to produce an educational film on the history of the suffrage movement. Currently, we're promoting Catastrophe Now! The Era of Global Boiling, a film about the urgent need to take action to protect our environment before it's too late.

We visited two fascinating countries in the South Caucasus region (Armenia and Georgia) in autumn, 2025. In February, 2026, we'll return to East Africa with hopes of witnessing the seasonal migration of thousands of animals. And, in late May, our travels take us cruising the coast of Norway, including the Lofoten, Islands, and then on to Svalbard in the Arctic.

Meanwhile, we are about to complete the publishing of a five book set that features some of our favorite images captured over the past three decades. The set includes Horizons (unusual people and places around the world ), Contours (figure studies of performing artists), Meditations (still life and conceptual images), Humanity (portraits of people from many cultures), and Sanctuaries (sacred places around the world).