 He was a founding member of the Association of Heliographers (1963–65) with Carl Chiarenza, Walter Chappell, Paul Caponigro, Nicholas Nixon, Paul Petricone, and Marie Cosindas.Since then, two of his books (2007 and 2012) were designed by Eleanor Caponigro.His early projects included photographing a 1970 series for the Massachusetts Council on the Arts, the old Boston City Hall, the Hudson River Valley, and courthouses around the country.