Before moving to Minnesota, Lavinsky worked as a photographer for The Daily World in Aberdeen, Washington and also interned with the Arizona Republic and the Seattle Times. He attended the Eddie Adams Workshop in 2014. Lavinsky’s work on the Mesabi Range College football team was recognized by the National Press Photographer Association’s Best of Photojournalism competition in the photography, multimedia and editing divisions and he was named Arizona’s College Photographer of the Year in 2012. When he isn’t working, Aaron enjoys, camping, fishing and letting his overweight cat, Pixel, distract him from editing.