He has been with the paper for 20 years. Background: He holds a bachelor's degree in Professional Photography from Rochester Institute of Technology. He also has 10 years experience as a staff photographer with the Chicago Sun-Times. While with the Sun-Times he won the Illinois Press Photographer of The Year award and the Chicago Press Photographer of The Year award. One of the 56 major photojournalism awards he received with the Sun-Times was a National Headliner Award for spot news photography in a deadly El Crash. Chicago Magazine classified it as one of the top 10 most historic photos in Chicago history.