He has worked as a news photographer for 15 years, the last nine with the Republic. He has covered stories dealing with the U.S. border with Mexico, wildfires including the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire that left 19 firefighters dead, the 2011 Tucson shooting that wounded U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, Mormon fundamentalism in Arizona, environmental issues on the Navajo Nation, meth addiction, inner city education, mental health and Super Bowl XLII, among many others. He has won over 40 awards in photojournalism, including a two time runner-up Arizona Photographer of the Year, a two time Emmy recipient for his video work and a recipient of the 2013 Gannett Video of the Year. He graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a degree in photojournalism.