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Mary Motley Kalergis

Mary Motley Kalergis is an author, photographer and interviewer, whose work bears witness to the bonds that connect individuals, families, and communities.

In addition to the five volume Building a Family series, Her published books include Foxhunters Speak (Derrydale Press), Considering Adoption (Atelerix Press), Love In Black & White (Dafina Books, 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.)

Her photographs are featured in numerous anthologies and have been exhibited in museums and galleries internationally. Photographs by Mary have also appeared in newspapers and magazines around the world. Mary taught at The International Center of Photography in New York and has served as “special stills” photographer on movie sets including Long Walk Home, Heart’s Lonely Hunter, Mommy Market and Cousin Bette.

She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she is currently working on her tenth book.