He has served as a medical relief worker for Kampuchean refugees in Thailand, at the Boo'co refugee camp in Somalia, and at the Wad Kowli and Fau 3 refugee camps in Eastern Sudan. His photographs have been shown in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States. He was awarded the Media Alliance Meritorious Achievement Award for Photography in 1985 and was a nominee in 1990 for the first annual award from the Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography.