He began his career in Germany prior to World War II but achieved prominence as a staff photographer for Life Magazine after moving to the U.S. Life featured more than 90 of his pictures on its covers, and more than 2,500 of his photo stories were published.
Počeo je svoju karijeru prije Drugog svjetskog rata u Njemačkoj, nakon selidbe u Ameriku počela su isticanja kao fotografer u časopisu Life Magazine, koje su koristile preko 90 njegovih slika kao pozadinu i preko 2,500 objavljenih fotografija.