I was born in Camaguey, Cuba
I am an only child
I grew up in the Edgewater neighborhood in Chicago
I attended a private Jesuit high school in Wilmette
While there, I met and played poker with Muddy Waters
I played organized Baseball for a few years
On a whim, I enrolled at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
I began to understand Images
I moved to Los Angeles
I studied with Robert Heinecken
I made pieces using Diamonds and Lead
I understood Jan Vermeer’s “Woman Pouring Milk”
I received an MFA in Photography from UCLA
I taught at California State University at Fullerton
I loved going to The Race Track at Death Valley National Monument
I am a Cintas Fellow
I was appointed Associate Professor of Art at the University of Illinois
I started making photographs of birds
I am a Ucross Foundation Fellow
I hang out in Wyoming
I also hang out in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula