1928 :
Born on April 28th, in Abbazia, Italy (now Opatija, Croatia).
My parents, Karl and Adele Edelstein, were both medical doctors, though my mother was to become a psychoanalyst.

1939 - 45 :
Lived in Lugano, Switzerland. When I was fifteen, I swapped my postage stamp collection against a 35 mm Retinamat camera.

1947 - 50 :
Moved to Milano, Italy. I first studied art, at the Accademia di Brera, then worked in an advertising firm, then purchased a Rolleicord camera and freelanced for Italian magazines.

1950 :
First trip to Paris, where I met Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa.

1952 - 53 :
Trip to Pakistan and India, as free-lance photographer.

1954 - 55 :
Moved to London, working mainly for LIFE and PICTURE POST

1955 :
Moved to Paris, where I still live.

1957 - 62 :
Became a fashion photographer, traveling between Paris, London and New York, working for JARDIN DES MODES, ELLE, GLAMOUR, VOGUE, HARPER'S BAZAAR, etc. Between 1958 and 1961 I was part of MAGNUM as an associate photographer.

1962 - 63 :
Work on two books: STRIP-TEASE and TELEVISION.
Trip around the world, for the German magazine REVUE.

1964 - 88 :
Fashion and advertising photography in Europe and the USA.

1976 - 86 :
Personal projects in colour: "PORTRAITS OF TREES", "VERY SIMILAR ", "NEW YORK UP AND DOWN".

1986-87 :
Worked on "ENTRE VUES": interviews with famous photographers, published in French by Nathan, Paris, in 1988.

1989 :
Began experimenting with digital imaging.

1990-1998 :
Working mainly on projects for books: "SCULPTURES BY DEGAS", "BESTIARIUM", "CHIMERAE", "OVID'S METAMORPHOSES", "WALKS AROUND BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT", "HISTORY OF FASHION AT MUSÉE GALLIERA", "ROMANESQUE SCULPTURES ".

1999 :
Working on "1999, A DAILY REPORT"

2000 :
Film FRANK HORVAT, 1999, on ARTE

2001 :
Working on HOMAGE TO CATALONIA

2003-2004 :
Photographs of "LA VERONIQUE": 50 yards around my house in Provence

2005 :
Photographs of the SCULPTURES BY ROBERT COUTURIER, for his exhibition at the Musée Maillol, Paris

2006 :
Retrospective exhibition at Espace Landowski, Boulogne-Billancourt, France

2007 :
Beginning of project AN EYE AT THE FINGERTIPS

2008 :
Retrospective exhibition WAYS OF AN EYE, at Villa Tamaris, La Seyne, Var, France
DE BOCCHE-TETTE-CULI-CAZZI-E-MONE: illustrations to erotic poems by Zorzi Baffo, a venitian aristocrat of the 18th century.

2009 :
Publication, under the name of ONLY FOR FEW, of a series of small books reserved for collectors, printed individually at the author's cost:
- ADELE EDELSTEIN (or Book about My Mother)
- DR. KARL HORVAT (or Book about My Father)
- DE BOCCHE-TETTE-CULI-CAZZI-E-MONE (illustrations to the erotic poems by Zorzi Baffo, a venitian aristocrat of the 18th century)
- NEW YORK UP AND DOWN (with a text by Franz Kafka)
- MASKEN UND MANDARINEN (with texts by the german poetess Ingrid Mylo)
- VRAIES SEMBLANCES (with love poems in 8 different languages)

Creation of a stage play, in collaboration with Hélène Busnel, François Hatt and Roberte Léger : AI-JE EMBRASSÉ NIETZSCHE SUR LE MONTE SACRO? (DID I KISS NIETZSCHE ON THE MONTE SACRO?) Performed at Horvat's studio in Boulogne-Billancourt.

First exhibition of DE BOCCHE-TETTE-CULI-CAZZI-E-MONE, at Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris.