[1][2][3] He spent twelve years in Argentina while growing up and then moved back to Germany, studying graphics in Berlin in 1915.
[1] He specialised in a number of areas, including engraving, illustrations, film posters and photo editing before becoming a photographer in 1924.
[4] Hajek-Halke worked as a photo editor, press photographer, and commercial artist, concentrating almost from the start on montage techniques.
[1][5] During World War II, Hajek-Halke was conscripted by the German army and worked as a photographer for Dornier, an aircraft company in Friedrichshafen.
[1] He left his estate to the photographer Michael Ruetz, who donated it to the Academy of Arts, Berlin, in 2010.