Timeline

1931

Born in St. Louis, MO

1948 - 1950

Studied English literature at the University of Vermont

1951 - 1953

Studied painting and Illustration, Syracuse University, College of Fine Arts, Graduated cum laude, also with ROTC commission in US Army

1951

Studied drawing and painting at the National Academy of Design, New York

1953 - 1956

Military service with the United States Army in Würzburg, Germany (Expert Infantrymans Badge Photography and Layout for two Division year books)

1955 - 1961

Studied at the Free University, American literature, Berlin, and photojournalism for Life. Look, Paris Match

1957

Met American photojournalist, David Douglas Duncan

1959

First photosessions for Twen magazine

1961

Moves to Munich / Photoessays for Quick and Twen magazines

1965

Taught Photojournalism at the Hochschule für Gestaltung, Ulm, Germany

1972

Moved to Casoli di Camaiore, Toscana, Italy (starts to sculpt and paints again)

Photoessays for Stern and Geo magazines

1974 - 1979

Workshops for photography in Castel Franco di Sopra, Italy (assisting Willy Fleckhaus)

1983

Studios for sculpture, painting, and photography in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

1995

Summer study of painting and illustration at Norman Rockwell´s