Born in Alaska, he's lived in Virginia, Ohio and Arkansas before settling in Chicago. After finding his first camera in a trash can of the U.S. Capitol building at the age of ten, he followed his interest in photography to the Rochester Institute of Technology in upstate New York. Nathan worked as an assistant to several esteemed photographers before starting out on his own. Promoting his work with architects, interior designers and magazines, Nathan quickly began getting assignments, which have taken him as far as Jordan and Italy; he frequently travels the United States for clients such as Wired, Lucky, Wallpaper*, This Old House, Interiors, Chicago Magazine, and Metropolis, among others.