He holds an MFA in photography from the University of Minnesota and has an extensive regional and national exhibition record that includes several awards. He received a Film in the Cities Photography Fellowship in 1986 and his work is in collections at the Minnesota Historical Society, Cedar Arts Forum Collection in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and in the University of Northern Iowa permanent collection. He has taught photography through the University of Minnesota School of Art, the Minnesota Center for Photography, and the Complete Scholar program at the University of Minnesota. He currently serves on the Professional Advisory Committee for the Art Institute International.