 He has worked as a photographer since 1980 starting his career at the "Albuquerque Journal", "Patriot-Ledger" in Quincy, MA, and the "Boston Herald".He spent 12 years on staff at the "Herald" until he joined the "Los Angeles Times" in September 1998.During his career as a photojournalist, he covered stories ranging from local news to the Gulf War, the Africa famine, Northern Ireland, the Kashmiri conflict and the crisis in the Balkans.