| Timeline |
| 1937 |
Born 9 July in Bradford |
| 1953 |
Studies at the Bradford School of Art |
| 1957 |
A conscientious objector, he spends his National Service working in a hospital |
| 1959 |
Arrives at the Royal College of Art in London |
| 1960 |
Begins showing in the Young Contemporaries exhibitions at the RBA Galleries |
| 1961 |
Represented at the Paris Biennale and awarded the Guiness Award for Etching, visits New York for the first time |
| 1961 |
Visits Italy for the first time |
| 1962 |
Teaches at Maidstone College of Art in |
| 1962 |
Visits Berlin |
| 1963 |
Teaches at the University of Iowa |
| 1963 |
Travels to Egypt and Los Angeles |
| 1964 |
Settles in Los Angeles |
| 1965 |
Between 1965 and 1967 he holds teaching posts at the University of Colorado and the University of California, Berkeley |
| 1973 |
Lives in Paris for two years |
| 1976 |
Returns to Los Angeles and concentrates on photography |
| 1978 |
Settles in Malibu |
| 1981 |
Travels in China |
