Cary is perhaps best known for his black and white photography, which has been the staple of his website, Visual Diaries. This work has been exhibited in group shows at the now-defunct CBGB's and Ariel Meyerowitz Galleries. Cary's background as a newspaper photojournalist serves him well. After arriving in New York in the summer of 2000, he immediately landed work from The Village Voice and since 2004 has been shooting for The New York Times. Before coming to New York he spent four years at the Monroe (MI) Evening News, which published a small book of his pictures titled 'Black Book: A Visual Diary.' Cary teaches photography every summer to high schoolers at the Flint HIlls Publications Workshop in Manhattan, KS.