Born in Roudnice nad Labem.

Chemical engineer and chemistry professor, began taking photographs in 1912.

Selected group exhibitions

• 2013 Česká Photography. From Josef Sudek to Vladimir Spacek - Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochum
• 2012 Howard Greenberg, Collection - Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne
• 2009 Jaromír Funke and the Amateur Avant-Garde - The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
• 2008 Financial crisis ...from our holdings - Jiri Svestka Prague
  Natura Viva - Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  Traces of Light - Kunstmuseum Bochum
• 2007 Czech Vision - Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York City
  The Love of Light - International Contemporary Photography - Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst
  25 Years A Celebration - Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York City, NY
• 2006 The Love of Light - International Contemporary Photography - Kunstmuseum Celle, Celle
  2001 The Essence of Still Life - Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Bologna - GAM, Bologna

 Selected Public Collections

• George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, New York, USA 
• The Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
• Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois, USA
• National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA
• Pomona College Museum of Art , Montgomery Art Center, Claremont, California, USA
• The Royal Photographic Society, Bath, United Kingdom
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California, USA
• Umeleckoprumyslove muzeum v Praze (Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague), Czech Republic.