He studied both design and literature at Carnegie-Mellon University earning a Bachelor of Architecture and a Masters in English. Since he retired from teaching after thirty years he spends much of his time hiking the fields and pastures of the Berkshire Hills in search of images that tell the many moods of the land. When he's not hiking in the hills he may be hiking the streets of New York City or old wharves along the Atlantic coast or anywhere. He hopes the best of his images speak with the immediacy of music.