His career began at the
Tampa Tribune in
Tampa, Florida where he began working on international assignments traveling to various
African and
European countries and
India. He then shifted his focus to freelance work on Asian and Middle-Eastern events. His work has centered on
Asian and
Middle-Eastern political and
human rights issues for the past 11 years, and more recently on the environment and sustainability. He has contributed to
Time and
National Geographic. In 2016, along with
Anush Babajanyan and Serra Akcan, he started
Bridging Stories, a photography training programme for Turks and Armenians to take and share pictures of their daily life on Instagram, in order to promote understanding between their peoples. == Book ==