born and raised in nyc, child of the late swinging 60’s, catholic school, aviation high school, discovers photography, turns 18 goes to paris for the summer, parsons school of design, backpacks europe, starts out on his own, loves photography, circumnavigates the globe, japan, brazil, afghanistan, south africa, meets many new people along the way, art, editorial, commercial, advertising, black and white polaroid, digital, computers, still old fashioned sometimes.