| 1908 | Born in Hochdorf, Canton Lucerne, on February 14. |
| 1915-1922 | Primary school in Hochdorf, secondary school in Zurich. |
| 1923-1927 | Traineeship as a mechanical millwright in the Hochdorf Engineering Works. |
| 1927-1930 | Studies in mechanical engineering at the Winterthur Technicum. |
| 1931 | Recruit school as aircraftman soldier, Dübendorf. Radio constructor and dealer in Canton Lucerne. |
| 1933 | Moved to Zurich. Decided to become a photographer. |
| From 1934 | Publication of first reportages in the Zürcher Illustrierte and over a dozen family magazines.
Voluntary work at the Photographisches Institut of the ETH Zurich (Prof. Ernst Rüst). |
| 1938 | Work on the project "Twelve Communities" for the 1939 National Exhibition. |
| 1939 | Active service as aircraftman soldier in Spreitenbach. |
| 1940-1945 | Posted to army headquarters as a photoreporter. Reportages on everyday life in the army, etc. |
| 1943 | Ein Buch vom Bauen (Festschrift Scotoni, text H. R. Schmid). Fretz and Wasmuth, Zurich. |
| 1945 | Visited the war-devastated areas in Lothringen and Normandy for the Swiss Red Cross. |
| 1946 | Drei Monate Ferien in der Schweiz. Landibuchverlag G. Duttweiler, Zurich. |
| 1945-1975 | Publicity work with various relief organisations such as the Kinderhilfe of the SRK, Winterhilfe, Pro Juventute, Pro Infirmis etc. |
| 1954 | Six weeks sojourn in Ireland photographing for the book Irlande, Ides et Calendes, Neuchâtel/Paris. Publication of the book Hélvétie, Ides et Calendes, Neuchâtel/Paris. |
| 1956 | Travelled for the Kinderhilfe (SRK) to northern Greece. |
| 1964-1985 | Advertising representative for the Schweizer Berghilfe. |
| 1989 | Rückblende. 50 Jahre Bildberichte. Offizin Verlag, Zurich. |
| 1997 | Died in Weiningen, ZH, on 19 April 1997. |
