Born Franck Goldberg in France, I grew up in Paris and Nantes.
I studied acting at the Nantes Conservatory and toured with provincial theater companies.
Starting in 1969, I spent summers in Northern California, beginning my American immigration.
In 1980, I moved to New York City and became a squatter on the Lower East Side.
My art and film education was shaped by working at the Museum of Modern Art and the DIA ART Foundation.
I met and collaborated with many artists from the 80's Downtown Art Scene (COLAB, Cast Iron TV, DCTV.)
I videotaped theater, music, and poetry performances, mostly at LaMama and St Marks Church.
I assisted on commercial photo shoots and music videos.
I made video art and documentaries, screened on Cast Iron TV, distributed by the Monday/Wednesday/Friday video club.
"Who Killed Michael Stewart? (1984)," about a young Black man killed by the NYC Transit police, was featured at the
Guggenheim Museum as part of J.M Basquiat's Defacement exhibition. (2019)
"How to Squash a Squat (1990)” about the squatters' movement, has been shown most recently at the New Museum (2016)
and the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Spaces (2021).
From 1995-1997, I lived in Miami, Florida, assisting on photo shoots for magazines and modeling agencies.
Back in NYC, I off-line edited "Downtown 81," a lost film featuring Jean Michel Basquiat.
I freelanced in marketing and advertising, and photographed in India, France, and the US (New Orleans, NYC.)
Since 2012, I have lived in Maplewood, New Jersey where I keep photographing and license my video archives.
I enrich my photography practice by attending classes and workshops at the International Center for Photography and at the Magnum Agency.
In 2021, I received a NJ State Art Fellowship for photography.