MARY MOTLEY KALERGIS is an author, photographer and interviewer, whose work chronicles the bonds that connect individuals, families, and communities. Her published books include Considering Adoption (Atelerix Press), Love In Black & White (Kensington Publishing), Charlottesville Portrait (Howell Press), Seen and Heard: Teenagers Talk About Their Lives (Stewart Tabori, & Chang), With This Ring: A Portrait of Marriage (The Chrysler Museum of Art), Home of the Brave (E.P. Dutton), Mother: A Collective Portrait (E.P. Dutton), and Giving Birth (Harper & Row.)She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she is currently finishing her ninth book, Foxhunters Speak, to be published by Atelerix Press in 2016. Mary's photographs have been featured in anthologies and collections including Aperture's Mothers and Daughters, Pantheon's Generations, Stemmle's In Their Mother's Eyes, National Geographic's Star Spangled Banner, Fawcett's In Celebration Of Babies, and Andrew McMeel's Waiting for Baby, Reflections and The Enduring Circle of Love. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries internationally, including The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC; The Burden Gallery and the International Center of Photography in NYC; The Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia; The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia; the Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona Beach, Florida; The San Antonio Museum of Art;, The Field Museum of Chicago; the Museum Fur Photographie in Stuttgart, Germany and the Diaframa Kodak Galleria in Milan, Italy. Photographs by Mary have also appeared in newspapers and magazines around the world, including The New York Times, People, Time, Newsweek, Glamour, Ladies' Home Journal, Seventeen Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Marie Claire (France), The Guardian (London), and Camera Manuchi (Japan). Mary was formerly on the faculty of The International Center of Photography in New York and has served as "special stills" photographer on movie sets including Long Walk Home and Cousin Bette.