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1942 born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
1964-68

study of English and German at the University T.G. Masaryk, Brno, Czechoslovakia

1968 leaves Czechoslovakia and settles in Switzerland
1969-73

extensive travels in Germany, Israel, Ireland, England, Spain, Italy and Holland

1974 set tles in Basel working as a teacher, freelance photoreporter and photo-workshop instructor


Exhibitions

1981 No Name Gallery, Basel, Switzerland (group exhibition )
1982 Work Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland (group exhibition )
1983 Stadthaus Zurich, Switzerland (winner of the Tages Anzeiger Photo Prize)
1983 AMC Centre d'Animation Culturelle, Mulhouse, France (group exhibition)
1987 Nikon Salon Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan (one man exhibition )
1990 Nikon Salon Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan (one man exhibition)
1992 Salon MANES, Prague, Czech Republic (group exhibition)
1993 Castle Kladno, Kladno, Czech Republic (group exhibition)
1993 ARTFORUM Bratislava, Slovak Republic (one man exhibition)
1997 GALERIE 4, Cheb, Czech Republic (group exhibition)
1999 Centro Cultural de Mindélo, S. Vicente, Cape Verde (one man exhibition)
1999

Palais X-tra, Limmathaus, The Selection vfg. Zurich, Switzerland (group exhibition )

2000 Mala galerie sporitelny Kladno, Czech Republic (one man exhibition)
2000 Gewerbliche Berufsschule St. Gallen, Switzerland (group exhibition)
2000 Scuola professionale artigianale e industriale, Lugano (group exhibition)
2000 Schule für Gestaltung, Basel, Switzerland (group exhibition)
2000

The Selection vfg., Zurich, Switzerland (group exhibition)

2000 Zamek Kravare, Czech Republic (one man exhibition)
2001 Galerie CHAGALL, Ostrava, Czech Republic (one man exhibition)
2001 Galerie UNGULE, Prague, Czech Republic (one man exhibition)
2001 Galeria Fotokino Fuji, Raciborz, Poland (one man exhibition)
2001 LEICA Galerie, Solms, Germany (one man exhibition)
2002 Photoforum PASQUART, Biel, Switzerland (one man exhibition)
2002 Goethe Institut Galerie, Dakar, Senegal (one man exhibition)
2002 Palacio da Cultura, Praia, Cape Verde (one man exhibition)
2002 Centro Cultural do Mindélo, Cape Verde (one man exhibition)
2002 Castle Mikulov, Mikulov, Czech Republic (group exhibition)
2003 Galerie FONS, Pardubice, Czech Republic (one man exhibition)
2003 Zamek Kravare, Czech Republic (one man exhibition)
2004 BollagGalleries, Zurich, Switzerland (two men exhibition)


Picture essays in newspapers and magazines

Weekend Picture Supplement of Neue Zürcher Zeitung (on Voivodina in Yougoslavia, Hong Kong, Downtown Tokyo, Bratislava and Paris)
Weekend Picture Supplement of Der Bund (Jurassic Park, The Nomads of Tibet)
Swiss Review of World Affairs (Downtown Tokyo)
Australian Photography (Swiss Capriccios)
Swiss PHOTOGRAPHY Magazine (Swiss Symptoms)
"du" (the Nomads of Namtso, Tibet)
LEICA PHOTOGRAPHY Magazine ( Cape Verde Exhibition in Solms)
FRAGATA, TACV Airline Magazine, (Cape Verde Seen by a Czech)
WOZ (Impressions from Cape Verde, Industrial Karvina in Czech Republic)
Lidove noviny, Friday Supplement (interview with the photographer)