About Me

Long before mirrorless cameras, back in the days of film and paper, I still remember the day, my mother gave me the family Kodak Brownie Box camera. I was in the six grade on my way to my first summer camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains. I couldn’t believe my mother was giving me the family camera.  My father took all the pictures. I shook my head, “What if I break it?” My mother snapped at me, “Here boy, take the camera.” It was  magic, with the first click of the shutter, I was in love.  In the woods, in the beautiful green forrest, in the glowing light of the campfire, down on the sandy shores of the Santa Cruz Bay, I took my first pictures.  l’ve been in love with photography ever since.

I am a veteran photographer with over 40 years of experience documenting historic moments, cultural icons, and influential leaders. I have served as staff photographer for Bellmark Records, working with legendary executive icon Al Bell, and has created album covers for gospel great Walter Hawkins and R&B artist Tyrone Davis.

I have worked as lab tech with L.A. Chapter Tuskegee Airmen Historian, Ted Davidson, printing Tuskegee airmen photographs for exhibits at Museum of Flying in Santa Monica, and the Historical Proud Bird Restaurant.

My celebrated Nelson Mandela Collection has been exhibited at the California Museum of African American History and the United Nations in Switzerland. I have photographed major events including the Oscars, NAACP Image Awards, and BET Awards, and served as official photographer for Congresswoman Maxine Waters during Winnie Mandela’s return visit to Los Angeles, where Congresswoman Maxine Waters allow me to present Mrs Mandela with a poster of herself signed by Mayor Tom Bradley, Mayor Willie Brown, Jesse Jackson and Congresswoman Maxine Waters.

I am currently publishing a coffee table book titled Granny, pictorial tribute to President Barack Obama’s grandmother, Mama Sarah Obama, in her beloved village of Kogelo, Kenya.