About

My father taught me to fish as a young boy in Cuba.  He was a man of few words but during those quiet afternoons he spoke of many things to me.  He told me if I could find something I loved to do and figure a way to make money with it, I'd never have to work.  At the time I had no clue as to the wisdom in those words.

"I don't know papi, I love to fish with you, I know that." I offered.  

"Learn to fish, you'll never go hungry, and your family will always be fed, here now take up some of that slack in your line."  

Popi would have been a great teacher instead of working in the warehouse like he did all his life.  He was a pretty good photographer too.  He let me use his camera from time to time and I fell in love with the frozen moment.  I fell in love with time. Its concept. He's long gone now, but I have his words and a few frozen moments we shared.  His face in the photos shows a man much younger than me now, and I am still in awe, much the same way I was then as a boy.  And I am glad that I have those moments, frozen forever, on film and in my heart, to treasure.

As a young man in America, I studied film at NYU, apprenticed with photographers in New York City, and spent years mastering the craft of photography and video production.  Perhaps the most influential teachers I learned from were Jim Bates, the Studio Manager at Macy's, and Fine Art Photographer George Tice,  As a free-lancer, clients have included major ad agencies, fortune 500 companies, book publishers, and realtors, among others.

Fully equipped and available for location and studio work in New York, Washington D.C., and Miami.

And I spend time now and then, whenever I can, with each of my four adult children, who all know how to fish.