I was trained for the Vietnam War to be an infantry soldier by the United States Army but served in the DMZ of Korea.
After my military service I attended Cuyahoga County Community College becoming an Emergency Medical Technician. Decided to continue my education at Southern Utah State College majoring in biology. It was living there that I decided to become a photographer. Kent State University School of Journalism was one of the best place to obtain that education. My choice of KSU could not have been time better as it also augmented my knowledge of conflict, which I would need.
The thing you learn about war is it is a medical event. Homelessness is also one of byproducts for some of every group involved.
I have primarily earned my living as an ophthalmic photographer. However, I have worked as a photojournalist for daily & weekly newspapers and freelanced covering conflicts in Afghanistan and Central America in the 80’s. Suffering from dysgraphia made it difficult to accomplish that feat, just had to work harder.
My knowledge of pathology landed me a position as Community Outreach Coordinator for Cleveland Eye Clinic. I led a team which screened over 45,000 people in NE Ohio communities for vision problems which received national recognition. In the evenings I provided vision screenings for Health Care for the Homeless’ outreach in Cleveland for a number of years.
