He attended the Memphis College of Arts, graduating in 1968. He grew up near Clinton, Mississippi. Among the awards he has received are the Flintridge Foundation Award, The Neddy (Tacoma Art Museum), The Betty Bowen Award (Seattle Art Museum) and the Visual Arts Award from The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters. His work is included in the collections of The Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, and The Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago.