I started taking pictures in high school in the early ’70s, photographing the bedroom community of Fort Lee, forays into New York City, camping in the Catskills and bicycle trips to Cape Cod, Canada and Mexico. My first camera was a Minolta SRT 101 with 35mm and 50mm lenses. This was gradually replaced with a string of Nikons and the addition of 20mm through 180mm Nikkor lenses.

Graduating from Fort Lee High in ’73, I went to the University of Colorado in Boulder studying photography and fine art. I was focused on documentary and fine art photography and spent my junior year traveling across North Africa to photograph Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.  I began exhibiting my work with one-man and group shows in the US and Europe. My equipment list expanded to include a Graflex 4×5 Land camera.

Moving back to New York City in ’79, I assisted commercial photographers then opened a studio in the Garment District, later moving to the Meat Packing district. Magazine assignments included photography for The New York Times, Forbes, A Day in the Life, Connoisseur, Oui, NJ Monthly and the Jamaican Tourist Board; and corporate work included General Motors, AT&T, Manufacturers Hanover, The Depository Trust Company, NY Fashion Week, The Jamaican Tourist Board and a variety of Ad Agencies. I added a 2-1/4 Hasselblad line to my Nikons and Graflex collection.

I’m now fully transitioned to a digital Leica with zoom, and of course, my ever-present iPhone. Click here for my design and communications work.