Photographer James L. Stanfield has undertaken more than 60 assignments for the Society over the past three decades. His ability to tackle monumental subjects has enriched articles on the Byzantine Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the coronation of the shah of Iran, and the Vatican. His latest images—on the Roman Empire—will appear in NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC later in 1997. Stanfield’s work in and around St. Peter’s grew into a popular National Geographic volume, Inside the Vatican, and his photographs have graced the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.