He spent two years working as a photo assistant in New York City, and subsequently established his own studio, specializing in still life photography. Since 1979, he began travelling the world to capture the sacred ancient stone monuments in their natural settings. He traveled and documented Egypt, Syria, Jordan, England, Scotland, Mexico, France and Easter Island (Chile). Most recently, he focused on Buddhism and Hindu monuments in South East Asia: Cambodia, Burma, Indonesia, Vietnam and India. With a custom-made, 300-pound camera, Izu creates negatives that are 14 inches high by 20 inches wide. The resulting platinum palladium prints are widely recognized as being among the most beautiful prints in the history of the medium. An extremely interesting article/interview with Izu is on The New York Times' LENS blog, in which he relates the reasons for his current interest in people portraiture/photography.