Self taught, he became active in photography in 1970, documenting the people of his newly adopted city. He attended York University and University of Toronto before he interrupted his studies to pursue a career in city planning. After a distinguished career of 15 years as a town planner with the City of Toronto, in 1991 he returned to his earlier love and passion – social documentary photography. He has since worked as a full time independent photographer, with specialties in photojournalism, documentary photo essays, architectural photography (large format), corporate portraits, annual reports, and landscape photography.