He was raised in Italy but returned to New York City, where he attended Parsons the New School for Design.
[4] After graduation, he left for Afghanistan where he spent three months embedded with American Troops in 2009.
[2] During his time in Syria, the group he traveled with was attacked by the Syrian Army and was trapped in the basement of an abandoned factory.
"[1][4] He is also credited with the photograph of Ahmed, the 8-year-old boy he captured smoking a cigarette and holding an AK-47.
[7] He also received the International Committee of the Red Cross Humanitarian Visa d'Or prize for his work documenting the struggle to provide medical care in Aleppo to both civilians and combatants.