His surrealist work was inspired at least in part by Man Ray.
He worked for Stern magazine in the 1940s, wherein he published a controversial series of erotic photographs involving projected light and shadows on nude women.An institute for presenting the heritage of Heinrich Heidersberger was set up by his son Benjamin in 2002.
Among other projects he organized an exhibition in Cuba with works about the country from the 1950s, in cooperation with the Cuban Culture Ministry.