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Photographer Biography
I was born in Manhattan on the Lower East Side in 1943. My family moved to Hicksville Long Island and I graduated from Hicksville High School. I graduated from Hofstra University with a BA in Math. I became a software engineer in 1966 and worked in the Aerospace Industry. My jobs afforded me the opportunity to live and work in many places around the country. I Lived in Dallas Texas, Melbourne Florida, Canyon Country California, Silver Spring Maryland, Seattle Washington and Santa Barbara California. While I was in Dallas, My buddy from BOAC (British Airways today) asked me to join his staff photographers in photographing the first US landing of the SST at the newly built Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Arlington Texas. Many of my photos were used in Great Britain to promote this air craft.
My interest in photography has been with me since I was a young child. Back in the fifties, I used my father's Kodak Bantam with 828 Kodachrome and my mom spent her entire week's salary on a Polaroid Land Camera. The jobs I held in Aerospace paid very well so I was able to afford to buy great equipment, among them Nikon, Leica M, Hasselblad etc. I printed black and white and spent many years printing Cibachrome and Type C color prints.
In 1989, I left aerospace and started to work in my local camera shop in Santa Barbara California. I started to love selling cameras and equipment and enjoyed going to work each day. I worked for Tony Rose Camera, Del's Nikon, and Samy's Camera, all in Santa Barbara California. In 1995, I moved to Milwaukee Wisconsin and became the retail sales manager at Helix PhotoArt a part of Helix LTD in Chicago (the largest camera shop in the US in square feet at that time). Helix played a big part in my life. They were a great company to work for but alas, due to shifts in the economy, we had to close the Milwaukee operation.
Now I am very involved in digital photography. I taught many classes in traditional and digital photography and love educating the public.
I am presently employed by Mike Crivello's Camera Centers in Brookfield Wisconsin. I am working with a knowledgeable and friendly oriented staff dedicated in providing great customer service to the community.
I am not the greatest photographer in the world but I LOVE what I do and I love to experiment.
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