I was born in Paris, France. Thanks to an open‑minded family, I attended school in Paris, London, Barcelona, and several cities in Germany. I hold degrees in modern languages and international business.

A couple of years after college, I did the best thing a young person can do to widen his or her horizons and gain an understanding of our world and its wonderful diversity: I set out on a 20‑month trip around the world, photographing extensively.

From 1976‑1981, I lived in Tokyo, becoming a permanent resident of Japan and teaching at Sophia University. During this time, I also worked as a freelance photographer and pursued my research on the origins of Sumo and its ties to the Shinto religion, resulting in the book Sumo – Le Sport & le Sacré, published in 1984. My years in Japan have had a profound influence on my life, my philosophy, and my photography.

I immigrated to the United States in 1982, settling in Southern California to create Graphie International Inc.—a firm specializing in intellectual property acquisition, software and other publications, as well as creation and management of corporate subsidiaries of European firms. In 1983, I published  my second book Comment créer une PME aux USA to help French-speaking entrepreneurs set up and manage corporations in the United States. 

In 1999 I permanently switched the company's focus from software to book publishing under the PhotoTripUSA Publishing imprint, spending a great deal of my time on the road writing and photographing. Constant exploration and photography of the American Southwest resulted in the publication of Land of the Canyons in 1998, followed by my award-winning Photographing the Southwest series in 2005 and adding a roster of authors later on.
In addition to my duties overseeing the publishing of new award-winning books and authors, I did a fair amount of world travel and sold my photography at a limited number of high-end art festivals, where I greatly enjoy interacting with patrons i my spacious mobile galleries. I have served for a number of years as a member of the jury and artist advisor for the prestigious, #1-ranked in the nation, La Quinta Arts Festival.
As of this April 2026, I have permanently retired from all my business activites to concentrate on my family and my travels. Although I have been to 96 countries, my bucket list is still long.