I was born in Kingston, NY in 1942, began photographing while in military service, attended Philadelphia College of Art (now University of the Arts) and Art Center College of Design before graduating from SUNY New Paltz in 1971 with a BA in Art History.  During this time my photojournalistic work appeared in Time Magazine and the New York times. I did advertising, architectural, art reproduction and editorial photography as well during this period.   In the mid 1970s I had one-man shows at SohoPhoto Gallery in New York City and the Catskill Center for Photography (now CPW) in Woodstock, NY.  

 In 1976 faced with the need to support a new family and overcome by the insane amount of work required to succeed as a commercial photographer, I became a medical researcher and for the next 37 years used the camera primarily for record-keeping.  As an environment scientist, I developed the habit of looking at the landscape for clues as to what had happened in a particular place and where that might lead.  This skill has proven useful in my return to photography. 

In 2011 I was admitted to George Mason University as an MFA candidate in photography graduating in 2015.  Since returning to photography my work has appeared in group shows at the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Biggs Museum of American Art and university and private galleries throughout the US receiving juror’s choice awards in several of them.  Recent work has been purchased by public and private collections including the Hikok Cole Collection, D3 Systems Corporate Collection, McNeese State University Permanent Collection and the Biggs Museum of American Art Permanent Collection.