After completing high school in Guatemala, I enrolled at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where I studied Psychology and English Literature. My next move was to relocate to NYC to attend the School of Visual Arts’ MFA in Photography and Related Media. I graduated in 1994 and began assisting and printing books and exhibitions for photographers I deeply admired. Fifteen years went by. My artistic practice became well established. In 2008, I returned to SVA once again; this time as a student in the Masters in Digital Photography Program, where I would go on to serve as Faculty for ten incredible years.

All this goes to saying that I cherish my long history with my Alma Mater. And I will forever be in the debt of incredible teachers and mentors like Charlie Traub, Marvin Heiferman, Katrin Eismann and Tom Ashe.

But without a doubt, it was meeting HRM when we were both students in Digital Photo that really changed my life forever. A true SVA love story.

This is why yesterday we felt so elated celebrating the 75th Anniversary of SVA’s foundation with a remarkable group of fellow grads in Seoul, Korea.