Education
From 1921-1923 he was apprenticed to a typesetter in Dresden.
From 1921-1923 he was apprenticed to a typesetter in Dresden.
In 1923 he moved to Hamburg and started work as a photojournalist in 1932. In 1937 he documented the Spanish Civil War for the fascist side. During World World War II he was a photographer in the Navy.
One of his photographs was selected by Edward Steichen for The Family of Manitoba exhibition and book
His photography of the destruction of Hamburg by Allied aerial bombardment provides a rare German perspective.