Cornell Capa
Photographer, Visual Artist
1918 – 2008
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Who was Cornell Capa?
Cornell Capa was a Hungarian American photographer, member of Magnum Photos, and photo curator, and the younger brother of photo-journalist and war photographer Robert Capa. Graduating from Imre Madách Gymnasium in Budapest, he initially intended to study medicine, but instead joined his brother in Paris to pursue photography. Cornell was an ambitious photo enthusiast who founded the world-known International Center of Photography in New York in 1974 with help from Micha Bar-Am after a stint of working for both Life magazine and Magnum Photos.
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- Born
- Apr 10, 1918
Budapest - Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Hungary
- Profession
- Lived in
- Budapest
- Died
- May 23, 2008
New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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