He experienced various cultures from an early age as his family moved often from South America to Europe and the United States. In his early twenties he went to Cusco with a passion to explore his Peruvian roots. There he worked as a trekking guide and photographer for adventure travel companies and magazines, assignments that had him discovering South America in all its diversity, as well as his own identity. He continued to photograph for himself, a practice that led him to fashion, travel editorial and advertising, all invaluable opportunities that honed his eye and taught him the mechanics of photography.