While growing up outside of NYC, my father would shoot both stills and super 8mm movies of typical family events of birthday parties, anniversary's and other family milestones. I recognized that there was something incredibly emotional about seeing photographs which had the ability to make us laugh or cringe and even watch my grandmother tear up a picture, because she didn't like the way she was aging. During these informative years, I was also looking at issues of Life Magazine and National Geographic and recognized that a camera in the hands of master, there was power in the photographic image which allowed me to see the world in a new way.

In high school, they had built a small darkroom and I got involved with shooting photographs and processing my own film and began learning to make B&W prints. It wasn't only what I saw that fascinated me, but realizing how the process of making a photograph transformed time and place into something different and permanent.

My first professional photo shoot occured when I was 15 years old. A neighbor who was getting remarried knew that I enjoyed photography and asked me to photograph and document her wedding. After studying photography at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, Massachusetts, I turned to making this my career. Some 30 years later, having received some of the top awards in the industry, I continue working as a freelance photographer for a mix of clients, from editorial publications to corporate communications, advertising and design agencies as well as non profit organizations. I also pursue my own personal projects some of which can be seen here at SDN.