A childhood in the rural San Francisco bay area gave me an uncompromising love of nature and space. Then came life in Mexico in my adolescence thanks to my parents, the influences of Hispanic and Indian cultures, acquiring a second language, and the appreciation of the richness of art, color and natural light. Back in California, I entered photography in my mid-twenties through the modeling profession, suddenly taken by the antics of my photographer and drawn by the desire to make my own statement in images. The statues at the local cemetery, rock music performances, and a willing girlfriend were my first photographic subjects. After college studies in anthropology and a stint photographing Native American artifacts for a museum, I made a trip to Northern New Mexico to see if it was a fit for the next chapter of my life. I left California for good and settled in just north of Santa Fe. My images appeared in local magazines and newspapers. Since then I’ve been many places, Europe, Latin America and a large portion of time living in various locations in Mexico.