He was born in 1944 and grew up using a Kodak Brownie. When he was twenty-one he bought a German-made Kodak Retina SLR and spent the next four years shooting black & white images, processing, and printing. Then, he put his camera away in his desk drawer and left it there for many year save for an occasional snapshot. He found himself devoted to his family and his non-photographic career, and this left no room for art.