He graduated from Tulane University with degrees in Cognitive Science and Philosophy. His work is included in the public collections of the Smithsonian Museum of American History, the New Orleans Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and in the private collections of Wynton Marsalis, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Ellen DeGeneres, Drew Brees, Sheryl Crow and Kanye West. His photographs have been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, National Geographic, The Southern Review and The Oxford American magazines.