In Paris since spring 1980, I worked as a freelance newspaper photographer providing portraits for the IHT, Liberation, and Le Monde. In late 1986 I started as a stringer for Reuters, and went on staff in 1987 working as both photojournalist and night photo editor. Major assignments have included four Olympics, the soccer World Cup in France and South Korea, Euro 2000 and 2004, the Cannes Film Festival and the Oscars.

The Gulf War portfolios cover the period from late January until early April in 2003 when I was based in Bahrain, assigned to the US Fifth Fleet and worked aboard six different ships operating in the Persian Gulf. As part of the Pentagon's "embedded" media I was assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) aircraft carrier group leading up to the Iraq war.

On the Cannes Film Festival pages you'll find movie stars Nicole Kidman, Emma Thurman and U.S. director Michael Moore who wins the Palme d'Or for 'Fahrenheit 9/11' on the French Riviera.

Learn about the house where French inventor and scientist Niepce conducted experiments, alone and briefly with Daguerre, which lead to the invention of the photographic process. After browsing the portfolio pages, take a moment to learn about image transmissions and visit the photojournalism links.

When not working as a digital journalist, I lecture at Speos photography school in Paris.

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