Starting out as a musician in Brooklyn and always interested in the arts, I gravitated to photography by a chance encounter with another musician I knew who was showing friends a few small black and white prints he took.

I noticed that he had a yellow filter on the lens of his camera and knowing nothing about photography at the time, I couldn't understand why the prints weren't yellow. I was instantly intrigued.

That was the beginning of my immersion into photography.

In order to find out about this "new world" I first needed a camera. Since I didn't have one, I borrowed cameras from friends that had them. I would go out with whatever camera I could get and take pictures of everything and anything.

It was strange that what I thought I saw in the viewfinder didn't look anything like the prints I got back.  I realized that there was much more to learn and discover.

Next stop...classes. First stop...Camera Club of New York.

I attended classes, workshops and applied for assistant jobs to hone the skills needed tor entry into the professional world.

I became a member of the Cinematographers Guild, Local 600, in 1998 as a Still Photographer and  have enjoyed working on many film and TV productions and meeting great people, both in front of and behind the camera. A list of films and tv productions I've worked on can be found here on IMDB.

I've also had the privilege of photographing many exquisite pieces of jewelry for Tiffany & Co. and stunning Art and Artifacts for Christie's in New York  which sharpened my photo skills and gave insight into other genres of photography.

In 2017 I self published a book of some documentary work I did, as a personal project, on the historic Binghamton Ferry in Edgewater, NJ...THE LAST DAYS OF THE BINGHAMTON FERRY 2013-2017  was a four year project showing the ferry in it's final stages of decay and eventual dismantling.

A month long exhibition of prints from this project was held at the William Musto Cultural Center for the Arts in Union City, NJ. I was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the Commissioner of Cultural Affairs for my work on this project and its contribution to the Arts.

A more recent documentary project had to do with THE GRAUERT CAUSEWAY in Weehawken,NJ. An historic, now abandoned, stairway structure  that gave people access to the ferry at the bottom of the cliffs from Boulevard East at the top.

An exhibition of those prints was shown at the Weehawken Free Library along with vintage, historical photos provided by the Weehawken Historical Commission who helped with this exhibition. A short video of that exhibition has been uploaded to You Tube.

That passion for photography is still with me now.