A photojournalist for more than 20 years, he's worked as a staff photographer at three NYC / NJ area newspapers & as a photo editor at the NY Daily News. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, International Herald-Tribune, USA Today, Army Times, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Popular Photography and American Teacher magazines, among others. A former U.S. Marine, he served honorably in the mid-1980's, including 2 years on Okinawa, Japan. A longtime volunteer & travel enthusiast, he accompanies several humanitarian aid clients on their international disaster relief & medical missions. Since 1997, he's worked in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Senegal, El Salvador, Honduras, Haiti, Jordan, Kosovo, Albania, Gaza, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Russian Federation, Venezuela, Paraguay & Afghanistan.