He studied at The School of Visual Arts in NYC with Julio Mitchel, graduating with a BFA in 1983. His career began as a freelance photographer shooting editorial and commercial assignments published in Aperture, U.S. News and World Report, Vanity Fair, and Newsday, among others. In 1987, he joined the photo agency Matrix covering Haiti’s Democratic elections. He has worked on photographic essays in Cuba, Haiti, Sicily, Spain, France, and the USA.