Immigrated to the US with his family

Joined the Film and Photo League, an organization concerned with documentary photography and newsreels

Began work on a collection of photos of Orthodox Jews on the Lower East Side of NYC

Joined the Works Project Administration (WPA) as a photographer

Produced documentary studies for the WPA on NYC slums

Worked as a freelance photographer for various publications including "Fortune" and "The Saturday Evening Post"

Joined the documentary project headed by Roy Stryker for Standard Oil of New Jersey

Worked as cinematographer on Hans Richter's segment of the episodic avant-garde film, "Dreams That Money Can Buy"

Worked with celebrated documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty on "Louisiana Story" as a cinematographer and still photographer

Joined the faculty of the New School for Social Research, where he taught filmmaking

Photographed and edited "The Challenge: A Tribute to Modern Art", a documentary on 20th century modern artists

Edited "Acting: Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio"