. ▁Her ▁photograph s ▁include ▁different ▁views ▁of ▁native ▁villages , ▁urban ▁areas , ▁and ▁the ▁Egypt ian ▁py ram ids , ▁among ▁other ▁subjects . ▁Every ▁day ▁they ▁would ▁aw ake ▁at ▁ 4 ▁a . m ., ▁fly ▁until ▁ 1 1 ▁a . m , ▁then ▁visit ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁far ms , ▁mines , ▁and ▁native ▁settlement s ▁M ead er ▁planned ▁to ▁photograph ▁the ▁following ▁day . ▁ ▁The ▁couple ' s ▁original ▁plan ▁was ▁to ▁fly ▁into ▁Asia ; ▁however , ▁this ▁was ▁not ▁accomplished ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁dam aging ▁of ▁the ▁plane ▁and ▁M ead er ' s ▁pre gn ancy ▁with ▁a ▁second ▁child , ▁Tim othy . ▁The ▁two ▁returned ▁to ▁Kal am az oo ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 9 3 8 . ▁In ▁all , ▁M ead er ▁took ▁over ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁photograph s ▁on ▁her ▁two ▁fl ights . ▁ ▁Later ▁life ▁and ▁phil anth ropy ▁Three ▁hundred ▁twenty - three ▁of ▁M ead er ' s ▁African ▁photos ▁were ▁included ▁in ▁F ocus ▁on ▁Africa , ▁a ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁book ▁written ▁by ▁her ▁husband ▁and ▁published ▁by ▁the ▁American ▁Ge ographical ▁Society . ▁The ▁book ▁was ▁only ▁their ▁second ▁which ▁included ▁aer ial ▁photos ; ▁the ▁first ▁was ▁Peru ▁from ▁the ▁Air ▁by ▁George ▁R . ▁Johnson ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 0 . ▁A ▁review ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁by ▁Mary ▁J obe ▁A keley ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁called ▁her ▁pictures