Robert Capa
Photographer, Visual Artist
1913 – 1954
Who was Robert Capa?
Robert Capa was a Hungarian war photographer and photojournalist who covered five different wars: the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II across Europe, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and the First Indochina War. He documented the course of World War II in London, North Africa, Italy, the Battle of Normandy on Omaha Beach and the liberation of Paris.
In 1947, Capa co-founded Magnum Photos in Paris with David "Chim" Seymour, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger and William Vandivert. The organization was the first cooperative agency for worldwide freelance photographers.
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- Born
- Oct 22, 1913
Budapest - Also known as
- Endre Ernő Friedmann
- Siblings
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Hungarian people
- Nationality
- Hungary
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, Deutsche Hochschule für Politik
Journalism
- Bachelor's degree, Deutsche Hochschule für Politik
- Employment
- Time Inc.
( - 1954/05/25)
- Time Inc.
- Died
- May 25, 1954
Thái Bình
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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