Josef Sudek in dates
 1896 Josef Sudek was born on March 17 in Kolín as the Sudeks' second child.  His father, a painter and decorator, died three years later.
1911 - 1913 He studied bookbinding in Prague and enjoyed photography.
1913 - 1915 He worked in Nymburk as a bookbinder.
1915 - 1916 During WWI he was on the Italian front where he also was taking photographs.  He was hit by a grenade and lost his right arm.
1917 Because he could no longer work as a bookbinder, he focused on photography.
1920 - 1921 He was a member of the Prague Amateur Association of Photographers, at which time he was introduced to the work of the American photographer Clarence H. White.
1922 - 1924 He studied photography at a graphic school under Professor Karel Novák.
1922 - 1927 He photographed veterans at Invalidovna.
1924 He co-founded the Prague Photography Association.
1927 - 1928 The photographed the restoration of St. Vitus' cathedral and released an album of 15 original photographs in the Družstevní Práce for the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the republic.
1926 He left to travel throughout Italy.
1927 He settled down in his "garden" atelier.
1927 - 1936 He worked as a photographer for Družstevní Práce, primarily focusing on portraits, advertisements and reports.
1932 He had his first independent exhibit in Prague.
1933 He took part in an exhibit of social photography.
1936 He had a display in the international exhibit in Prague's Mánes.
1938 He took part in an exhibit of 6 Czech photographers in Prague's Mánes.
1939 He had a display at the exhibit for the 100th anniversary of photography in Prague's Museum of Applied Art.
1940 He stopped enlarging his negatives and focused on contact prints.  He used large board apparatus and various sized cameras.
1958 He moved into his new studio at Úvoz.  The darkroom stayed in the old atelier.
1976 He died on September 15 in Prague.
At home and abroad, he took part in numerous exhibits and published several photographic publications about Prague and Prague Castle.  His first monograph was published in 1956 in Prague.  A multitude of books about his life and work have been published at home and abroad since his death.