He is of mixed descent, English, Irish, Scots Jew, Geordie and Australian Aborigine. He holds a BA with two majors, Behavioural Science and Intellectual History from James Cook University plus a Graduate Diploma in Education and an MA in Applied Linguistics from Flinders University. His original photographic background was photojournalism and he served as the founder and publisher of Brink Magazine for several years before going back into photography full timehttp://www.4corners.hk/