In 1925 he began work as a cartoonist and retoucher, but moved into photography in the early 1930s; he took many photographs at the Nürburgring and Avus races, but subsequently moved to London; his work also concentrated on fashion and naturist photography; established Zoltan Glass Studio at 183, Kings Road, Chelsea (later at Paradise Walk, SW3); sold studio in 1964 and retired to France, where he died in 1981