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| 1938 | Born in Boskovice, Moravia, Czechoslovakia. |
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When he is fourteen begins to take photographs of family and friends. |
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| 1956-61 | Attends the Technical University of Prague and acquires and old Rolleiflex. |
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Meets the photographer and critic Jiri Jenicek who encourages him to hold his first exhibition at the Semafor theatre in Prague. |
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| 1961 | Travels abroad for the first time, visiting Italy. |
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Begins to take an interest in the life of the gypsies. Photographs the gypsies in Czechoslovakia until he left the country in 1970. |
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Started working for 'Divadlo', theatre magazine. |
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| 1961-67 | Works as an aeronautical engineer on Prague and Bratislava. |
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| 1965 | -At the invitation of Otamar Kreica the director of the 'Divadlo za Branou' theatre he begins photographing performances there. |
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Develops an original approach to theatre photography. |
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| 1966 | Publishes book on the 'Divadlo Na Zabradi theatre's production of Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi. |
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| 1967 | Receives the Union of Czechoslovakian Artists' annual award for the innovative quality if his theatre photography. |
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Gives up his position as an engineer to devote himself to photography. |
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| 1968 | Photographs Gypsies in Romania. |
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Photographs the Warsaw Pact armies intervention in Prague. |
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| 1970 | Leaves Czechoslavakia. Granted asylum in England. |
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Since 1970 continuously photographed gypsies, religious and popular festivals and everyday life in various European countries. |
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| 1971 | Becomes a member of the world renowned photo agency, 'Magnum'. |
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| 1973 | Photography award from the Arts Council of Great Britain to photograph gypsies in England. |
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| 1975 | One man show at 'Museum of Modern Art' New York. |
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Robert Delpire edits his photographs of gypsies. |
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| 1976 | Receives major photography bursary from the Arts Council of Great Britain to work in the British Isles. |
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| 1980 | Awarded a grant by National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC. |
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